In the Default selection field, select the prompt value that users see initially. If you Click OK. The prompt is displayed in the

6-16 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition The New Prompt dialog is displayed.

4. In the Prompt for field, select the variable type that you are creating and then

enter the name of the variable.

5. In the Label field, enter a caption for the variable filter prompt. The caption is

displayed as the prompts field label. You can include HTML markup tags in the caption, such as b, font, and table.

6. In the Description field, enter a short description for the prompt. This description

is displayed as tooltip text, which is displayed when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the prompts label in the dashboard or analysis. The descriptions are also displayed when administrators view the stored prompt object from the Catalog Manager.

7. In the User Input field, select how you want the prompt interface to ask the user

for input. For example, prompt the user with a radio button to select only one prompt value.

8. If you selected either the Choice List, Check boxes, Radio buttons, and List box

user input type, then you must also specify the prompts list of values. For more information, see New Prompt dialog . 9. Within the Options section, select the prompt options. The prompt options vary depending on the user input type that you selected. The prompt options allow you to further specify how you want the user to interact with the prompt for example, whether user input is required.

10. In the Default selection field, select the prompt value that users see initially. If you

select a specific value, then the Default Value field is displayed in which you can enter a value.

11. Click OK. The prompt is displayed in the

Definition pane . 12. Save the prompt. Note the following options: ■ If you are creating a dashboard prompt, then click the Save button in the prompts editor, specify the folder in which you want to save the prompt, and give the prompt a descriptive name. Note that dashboard prompts that are saved in personal folders are available only to you. Dashboard prompts that are saved in shared folders are available to other users that have permission to access the object. ■ If you are saving a dashboard prompt for use with an Oracle BI Publisher report that receives its data from the Oracle BI Server or SQL Server, then the dashboard prompts name must match the name of the reports parameter. ■ If you are creating an inline prompt, then save the analysis. 13. Use the arrow buttons in the Definition Pane to reorder the selected prompt. Reordering the prompts controls the order in which the choices are displayed to users at run time, so ensure that the order is logical, especially if you are creating constrained prompts. 14. If you want the selected prompt and all other prompts that follow it to be displayed in a new column on the prompt selection page, then click the New Column check box that corresponds to where you want the prompts to be displayed in a new column. 15. To preview how the prompt is displayed on the dashboard, either use the Display pane to preview the prompt with sample data, or click the Preview button if Prompting in Dashboards and Analyses 6-17 available in the Definition Pane toolbar to view the prompt with actual prompt values. Adding a Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page Use the following procedure to add a dashboard prompt to a dashboard or dashboard page. To add a dashboard prompt to a dashboard or dashboard page: 1. Create a new dashboard or open an existing dashboard and click the Edit Dashboard