Derek
thanks, but 'fraid that just doesn't work.
I create the parameter, name: thing, type: string, default value: aaa, prompt for value selected, allow macro substitution selected, (even tried enclose values within quotes).
Then created a filter and query, with expression text of &thing, and left it with the default name of Calculation1.
The moment I close down the construction of the calculated item, it causes the error. Log is:
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference THING not resolved.
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string, a numeric constant, a datetime constant,
a missing value, BTRIM, INPUT, LOWER, PUT, SUBSTRING, UPPER, USER.
However, if I use the system item &_clientuserid, I can get it to populate properly by putting "&_clientuserid" into the text of the computed column. If I use "&thing", it will run, but returns &thing rather than resolving for parameter input.
acw