I have a report wil a number of sub reports. These are linked to the main report by a numeric field which works well. I also wish to link them from a single start date;end date parameter.

I have set up all the necessary parameters in each subreport, selected via record delection - and in the main report set up onthe parameter prompt. There is not a table in the main report to select a date range from.

For the subreports inserted in the group headers the paramter works wwell but for two subreports in the froup footer the dates are prompted for each subreport meaning that I am prompted 6 times. Start date, end date for each report.

The reports in the group header allow the start date and end date to be selected for in the subreport links but in the subreports in the group footer although I can select the links it will not save the links. When you go back in they link has disappeared. WHy would this be and what am I doing incorrect.

I will give that a try. Why does my method work for some subreports in the group header and not the others inserted into the group footers?

the subreport can be anything you want it to be. However if you want dynamic content as a link, then you need the content (linked field) to be in the main report.