Problem with variables

[denise.elsa_denise.hotmail.com]

I can't get my variables to have values my code is in the view:

<s:decorate>
                                                                <h:selectOneMenu value="#{report1}" id="report1" required="true" >
                                                                        <s:selectItems value="#{myReports}" var="s" label="#{s.title}" noSelectionLabel='--- Select ---'/>
                                                                </h:selectOneMenu>
                                                        </s:decorate>
                                                </td></tr>
                                                <tr><td><span class="required">*</span>Report 2: </td>
                                                <td>
                                                        <s:decorate>
                                                                <h:selectOneMenu value="#{report2}" id="report2" required="true" >
                                                                        <s:selectItems value="#{myReports}" var="s" label="#{s.title}" noSelectionLabel='--- Select ---'/>
                                                                </h:selectOneMenu>
                                                        </s:decorate>


in the controller:

@Begin(flushMode=FlushModeType.MANUAL,join=true)
        public String compareReports(){
               
                report=getReport1();   
            report.setCharts(new ArrayList<byte[]>());
           
            ReportBuilder builder = getBuilder(report.getReportType());
            builder.setReport(report);

            builder.buildTimeSeriesPlot();
            builder.buildBoxPlot();
            builder.buildDotPlot();
            builder.buildScatterPlot();
            builder.buildBarPlot();

               
                return "/compare-reports.xhtml";
        }


what i'm trying to do is to be able to access report1 and report2 in the controller. Those variables are declared there and have their gets and sets.