# Parameter is configured as mandatory but no value is specified

**URL:** <https://www.epiusers.help/t/parameter-is-configured-as-mandatory-but-no-value-is-specified/75674>\
**Category:** Epicor ERP 10\
**Tags:** baq, customization, bpm\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/parameter-is-configured-as-mandatory-but-no-value-is-specified/75674 "2021-02-17T14:16:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NateS](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/nates/32/18519_2.png) [@NateS](https://www.epiusers.help/u/NateS)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/parameter-is-configured-as-mandatory-but-no-value-is-specified/75674/1 "2021-02-17T14:16:21Z")

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Hello everyone! I hope that you all are doing well today.  
As you may guess from the subject line, I am working on a customized dashboard with an updateable BAQ, and a custom action.

Everything works pretty much the way I expect it to. However, my BAQ has one required parameter, the part number. When I launch the custom dashboard, the paramerter request comes up and asks the user for the part number. As long as they enter a part number, then the rest of the form opens and executes as expected.

If the user does not input a part number, and instead clicks OK without a value, they get this error: _“A value should be typed or one of predefined values should be selected MyPart”_

If the user clicks cancel instead of entering a part number they get this error: _“Parameter ‘MyPart’ is configured as mandatory but no value is specified”_

I want these errors to be hidden, or to be skipped entirely. From our end-user POV, if they click cancel, then they are done with the form and it can be closed. If they click OK without a value, then I would like to give them a customized error message instead.

Is this possible?  
EDIT: I think I am looking for a way to trap the event of passing the required parameter to the customized form. If I can detect that the parameter is blank (or user clicked cancel), then I could manage that exception with code. What event am I looking for?  
Thanks for your time!  
Nate

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Woods](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/jason_woods/32/80101_2.png) [@Jason\_Woods](https://www.epiusers.help/u/Jason_Woods)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/parameter-is-configured-as-mandatory-but-no-value-is-specified/75674/2 "2021-02-17T21:17:37Z")

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Is it possible to use the Dashboard Tracker view to create a search instead of using parameters?  
I often find that people use parameters unnecessarily.

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**Author:** ![NateS](https://www.epiusers.help/user_avatar/www.epiusers.help/nates/32/18519_2.png) [@NateS](https://www.epiusers.help/u/NateS)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.epiusers.help/t/parameter-is-configured-as-mandatory-but-no-value-is-specified/75674/3 "2021-02-18T15:55:30Z")

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I bet that is totally possible! I am not quite sure how that works. I will poke around and see what I can find. Thanks!