Need help linking shared variable to subreport paramter

[Former Member]

I have two subreports that are displayed on my main report.  The first subreport assigns a value to a shared variable from one of the fields that is returned from the subreport's stored procedure.  I'm able to successfully display that shared variable value on the main report.  I added a second subreport that to a section beneath the first subreport that will use the shared variable value as a parameter input.  I haven't been able to get the second subreport to use the shared variable value to return any data.

Here is what I've tried so far:

Clicked "change subreport links" on the second subreport

moved the main page shared variable formula to the "fields to link to" pane.

Selected the second subreport stored procedure parameter name in the "subreport parameter field to use" section.

The checkbox to the right is greyed out.

Can anyone offer any advice on what I'm doing wrong?  Is there an easier way to populate a subreport from a field that is returned in another section? 

I'm using Crystal 10, thanks.

[abhilash_kumar]

Hi Fred,

You should be able to link to a parameter in another Subreport using the shared variable without any issues.

You said that you were able to move the shared variable to fields to link to pane and also select the stored proc's parameter from the drop-down list. What happens after this? Doesn't the second subreport return data respective to the shared variable's value?

What you're following is the correct way to do it, in fact if you've linked the shared variable to the subreport's parameter so the subreport should return something.

-Abhilash