Overriding report parameters

Each report has its own parameters, most of which are common to all reports

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and these are normally set using the Report Selection Criteria window

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. However, you can override these parameters by modifying the settings in the main configuration file.

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If a user

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sets a specific parameter in the

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amend certain settings, for example the percentage mark-up in a billing report.

Each report has its own ID number, e.g. the Billing Report has an ID of 2. This corresponds to the setting in the main configuration file that you need to alter.

As an example, we can set the % percentage mark-up in every Billing Report to 50% and set a surcharge of £1.00. To apply these settings, you need to edit the 

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Each report has its own ID number, e.g. the Billing Report has an ID of 2, which corresponds to the main configuration file that you need to alter.

Open the the 

Report2Extra = &markup=50&surcharge=1.00

In this instancethe example above, when a billing report (ID = 2) Billing Report is run, these extra settings are forced upon the reporting engine and override any values that the user has selected.