Param attributes

Each Filter node can have one PARAMS node as a child. The PARAMS node has one or more Param nodes as children. Each Param node specifies a parameter that you can use as a variable in the parent filter. A Param node can have these attributes:

Attribute Description
default Default value of the parameter. Infor Public Sector will use this value if no value is found. For example, you may want to enter a default to use if the control specified for a control parameter doesn’t have a value.
name Name of the parameter. This is the name that you will use to include the parameter in a filter value.
source Source of the value that Infor Public Sector will use for the parameter. Can be one of these values:
  • control: The value of the parameter comes from a specified control on the page from which the Map Drawer was opened.
  • firstinitcomp: The value of the parameter comes from a specified property of the Map Drawer’s parent component.
  • value: The parameter uses a hard-coded value.
value Value of the parameter. For value parameters, this is a hard-coded value. For firstinitcomp parameters, it is the component property that supplies the value. For control parameters, it is the ID of the control that supplies the value. To find the control ID, use the Content Manager.