I have a text box that I’ve added to a paginated report, and I want to include the start and end date of the report data in it. I have a “StartDate” and “EndDate” parameter set up, but when I include this in the text box as $StartDate and $EndDate, it turns into a series of numbers when exported to …

formatDate(${StartDate},‘dd MMM yyyy’) Parameters work like that ^ is that what you are trying to do? Also have you tried converting it to a string? toString(formatDate(${StartDate},‘dd MMM yyyy’))

Sorry, yes, I made a typo in my original post. That’s exactly what I’ve entered and when I click Save it just reverts as if I never entered anything. Converting to a string also doesn’t work. I’ve uploaded a video to show it.

So it only errors when you export it to a PDF? It must be an error with that functionality then. I would look to open up a support case. Here are the steps to open a support case . If your company has someone who manages your AWS account, you might not have direct access to AWS Support and will nee…

How do I add a start and end date to my paginated report?

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Niharika April 7, 2023, 4:22pm 5

Hi @hal9000, Please see this link: Date parameter in text box - download issue The post has a solution to the same issue with a work around.

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How do I add a start and end date to my paginated report?

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