Report - Parameter Tab

[ukamani]

Hi all,
I'm trying to generate a report on the first and 16th of the month, 12:05 AM. I have 2 parameters, startDate and endDate. On the 1st of a month, I would like it to report data from the 16th - last day of previous month. On the 16th of a month, I would like it to report data from the 1st - 15th of the same month. Using a midnight-to-midnight timeframe here.

Here's the approach I want to take:
Approach 1

But apparently the reporting module doesn't accept endDate as a parameter inside the startDate expression and gives me a warning similar to the following:

So I'm taking a longer approach which works for me:
Approach 2

Approach 2 above feels redundant in nature and confusing to understand on the first look. Hence, I prefer approach 1.

Can anyone guide me if I'm doing something wrong? Or is this the limitation of the reporting module? Maybe there's a better approach?

[josborn]

I wouldnt expect you would be able to reference a different parameter in a parameter, but couldnt you simplify with something like this?

[pturmel]

Report parameters are initialized/evaluated in the order defined. If enddate is below startdate in the list, startdate cannot use enddate.

[ukamani]

I agree. In my case, endDate is above startDate in the list, which means that it should evaluate first, but its still not working

[ukamani]

I'm trying to have report evaluate the startDate based on the endDate. If I were to use your suggested method I would have to make a new schedule and hard code it for each date and time.

[pturmel]

Hmm. Not sure what's going wrong. Consider using a script data source to set the start date.