docs: def qry_helper(flag_id, qry_string, param_str, flag_filt=False, filt_st=""):
      """Dynamically add syntaxtical elements to query.
  
      This functions adds syntactical elements to the query string, and
      report title, based on the types and number of items added thus far.
  
      Args:
          flag_filt (bool): at least one filter item specified.
          qry_string (str): portion of the query constructed thus far.
          param_str (str): the title to display before the list.
          flag_id (bool): optional - instance-id was specified.
          filt_st (str): optional - syntax to add on end if filter specified.
      Returns:
          qry_string (str): the portion of the query that was passed in with
                            the appropriate syntactical elements added.
          param_str (str): the title to display before the list.
  
      """
      if flag_id or flag_filt:
          qry_string += ", "
          param_str += ", "
  
      if not flag_filt:
          qry_string += filt_st
      return (qry_string, param_str)