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Server-evaluatable Fields

Server-evaluatable fields are calculated fields you can use in a sort, join, or filter that the database server, rather than Report Builder, evaluates. Report Builder indicates that a calculated field is server evaluatable by displaying an “e” before the field’s expression in the status bar and in the Field Properties box.

A field is server evaluatable if it meets all four of these criteria:

You can select a server-evaluatable calculated field as the controlling table join field when defining a table join. Also, filtering and sorting on server-evaluatable calculated fields is much more efficient than filtering and sorting on calculated fields with expressions that Report Builder evaluates itself.


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