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Hidden Parameters

Hidden parameters are used to pass sensitive data, such as a password, within the context of the report. The hidden data can be used by the report, by SQL, or by the JavaBean to process business logic without the knowledge of the user.

Example:

<param id="city" displaytext="User1" name="city" hidden="true" type="string" class="com.ca.ims.reporting.unittests.TestDataCollector"/>

In the previous example, the value of the city parameter is processed by the TestDataCollector JavaBean, but is not seen by the user.

Be sure the JavaBean is in the iam_im\custom directory.