@marlin_snyder From ireport-ultimate-guide.pdf : In the condition expression you can use all the properties of the report object. Please note that the conditions cannot be generic, for instance, you cannot set a condition like “if the number is positive” or “if the string is null.” You must be very specific, specifying, for example, that a particular value (field, parameter, variable or any expression involving them) must be positive or null, and so on. I have similar problems :(