Click OK to close Edit Worksheet dialog.

11-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus Discoverer displays this prompt to users when they open or refresh the worksheet, and tells them what value to enter.

8. optional Enter a brief description into the What description do you want to

show for this parameter? field. Discoverer displays this text on the Edit Parameter Values dialog to help users decide what parameter value to enter. 9. optional Click one of the following options: Click the Allow only one set of parameter values for all worksheets option to apply the same set of parameter values to all worksheets in the workbook. Click the Allow different parameter values for each worksheet option to enable different parameter values to be specified for each worksheet.

10. optional Select the Require users to enter a value check box to make worksheet

users enter a parameter value. When you select this check box, users must enter a value for the parameter to display the worksheet.

11. optional Select the Enable users to select multiple values check box to enable

worksheet users to select multiple parameter values for the parameter. For example, if a parameter is used to filter a worksheet on year, a user might want to look at data for 2001 and 2002.

12. optional Select the Enable users to select either indexes or values check box to

enable users to choose whether they want Discoverer to display parameter values with index numbers for example, 1 January, 2 February or without index numbers for example, January, February in the Edit Parameter Values dialog . Note: The Enable users to select either indexes or values check box is only displayed if the item that is used as a parameter has been set up by the Discoverer Manager to reference an indexed item. For more information about the Index and Value drop down list, see the About using indexes and values in parameters .

13. optional If required, enter a default value in the What default value do you want

to give this Parameter? field. Here, you can do the following: ■ Select either Index or Value from the drop down list only displayed if you selected the Enable users to select either indexes or values check box to display parameter values with or without index numbers. ■ Enter a default value directly into the values field. ■ If a list of values is available for this parameter, click the drop down arrow and select a parameter value from the list. If the list of values in the drop down list is too long to display on screen, the Select Value dialog or Select Values dialog is displayed. These dialogs enable you to search for and select the values you want to use. For more information, see Using lists of values LOVs . 14. optional Click one of the following options: Click the Show all available values option to display all parameter values to the user.