Michelle,

Switch the from from Private DS to Default DS.

>>>>Are there any conflicting variable names in the report? Any fields in the cursor or table with the same name? What is the name that you are using?
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>>>Nope, nope, and nope. It's pdBegin.
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>>Hmmm...It looks like it is time for brute force. Try recreating the error on a report that has the same cursor source but with only pdBegin and one field on it. Keep adding the other fields, variable and groups until the error happens again.
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>I figured I'd try making the variable public first. If that doesn't fix it, I'll try your way. I got pulled into another project, though, so I can't try it, yet.
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle