Is there a way to preview a report without it running again?

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Is there a way to preview a report without it running again?

peter 82125

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December 17, 2014 at 8:29 am

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Sometimes when I am debugging a report, I want to switch back to the preview tab just to refresh my memory about what the error message says, but that causes the report to run again. I know I can just copy the error message, but I'd like to know if there is a way to just switch back to the preview tab without running the report again, especially if I have not made any changes to the report. Thanks.
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mister.magoo SSC-Forever Points: 47174 More actions · Answer 1

As long as the parameter selections don't change, then the report will use cached data (stored in the project folder with a .data extension).

Technically it is still going to "run" the report, but it won't hit the database.

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