I am using VFP7, and the way I understand it that the reports in VFP use their own data environment ignoring completely the data session environment unless one includes the ENVIRONMENT keyword in the Report command.
I am used to do this the old FP2.x way the way you have specified in your reply. I would like however start to use the report's data environment instead; however, I am not sure on how to set the criteria plus other things in the data environment. I am making any sense?