Hi, Gnana-
I've never tried to use a report variable in the DE of a report, since report variables are *usually* used to count, sum, etc. during a report run. I'm probably just being a bit dense :). Could you tell us a bit more and maybe we can offer alternatives.

>Hi,
>If I declare variables from report menu of the report how can I change the datatype and use it in Dataenvironment init method of the report.
>
>Thanx
>Gnana.