Click the New button in the Definition Pane. From the list, select Variable Prompt. In the Prompt for field, select the variable type that you are creating and then In the Label field, enter a caption for the variable filter prompt. The caption is In the

Prompting in Dashboards and Analyses 6-15 The descriptions are also displayed when administrators view the stored prompt object from the Catalog Manager.

6. Click OK. The prompt displays in the

Definition pane . 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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 available in the Definition Pane toolbar to view the prompt with actual prompt values. Creating or Editing a Variable Prompt Use the following procedure to create a variable prompt that you can apply to one or more dashboards, or to create a variable prompt that is embedded in an analysis. For more information about variable prompts, see Other Prompt Types . For more information about variables, see Using Variables . To create or edit a variable prompt: 1. To create a named variable prompt, use the following sub-procedure. a. Navigate to the Oracle BI Enterprise Edition Home page, locate the global header, hover over the New menu to access the menu, and from the menu select Dashboard Prompt. The Select Subject Areas menu is displayed. b. From the Select Subject Area menu, select the subject area for which you want to create the prompt. The Definition pane is displayed. 2. To create an inline prompt, either create a new analysis or access an existing analysis for which you want to create a prompt. In the Analysis editor , click the Prompts tab. The Definition pane is displayed.

3. Click the New button in the Definition Pane. From the list, select Variable Prompt.

Note: If the Preview button is not available, then the administrator has suppressed its display. 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