Report Record Source

Hello,

I’m starting to build about five reports and I’m trying to do my
homework before I start…

My main question/concern is the report’s record source; i.e., what to
base the report on.

I’ve always thought to base most everything (forms or reports) off of
queries (they can add functionality and protect the data). I looked
at some of the example databases, such as the Time and Billing mdb,
but many of those reports use a SQL statement that pulls data directly
from a table.

My reports are in a TimeAccounting database and need to be dynamic and
fluid. The user needs to be able to select (e.g.,) one employee or
all employees, one day or many days. I thought about creating a form
with list or combo boxes and then using the selections in the criteria
section (as an expression) of a query or multiple queries. I’ve read
in this group, however, to avoid using form parameters in a query and
instead take the values from the form and build my own where clause.
The reasoning makes sense, but I’m not sure how to do it! Where does
the [where] go?

How exactly do the values from a form make their way to the report (or
to the query and then to the report)?

I realize the question is a little abstract, but any insight on this
would be helpful. I’m especially interested in basing a report on a
form/query without a parameter in the query, i.e., using the Where
clause.

alex