Create a new dashboard or open an existing dashboard and click the Edit

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 button. For more information about creating or editing a dashboard, see Creating Dashboards . 2. In the Dashboard builders Catalog pane, locate and drag and drop the analysis onto a section in the dashboard. 3. In the Dashboard builders Catalog pane, locate and drag and drop the dashboard prompt onto a section in the dashboard. 4. Hover the mouse pointer over the prompt object in the Page Layout area to display the objects toolbar, click the Properties button, and select Scope. Note the following options: ■ If you select Dashboard, then the prompt affects all dashboard pages that contain the prompt. The prompt value that the user selects for the dashboard level prompt overrides values for page level dashboard prompts. ■ If you select Page, then the dashboard prompt affects only the page or pages to which you add the prompt. Adding a Hidden Dashboard Prompt to a Dashboard or Dashboard Page Use the following procedure to add a hidden dashboard prompt to a dashboard or dashboard pages. At run time, the hidden dashboard prompt sets the default values for all of the corresponding prompts on the dashboard or dashboard page, and the unprotected inline prompts that are located on the analyses on the dashboard or dashboard page. To add a hidden dashboard prompt to a dashboard or dashboard page: 1. Create and save a dashboard prompt, which contains specific data values, to use as a hidden prompt. For more information about creating prompts, see Creating or Editing a Column Prompt .

2. Create a new dashboard or open an existing dashboard and click the Edit

Dashboard button. For more information about creating or editing a dashboard, see Creating Dashboards . 3. In the Dashboard builder , click the Tools button and select Dashboard Properties . The Dashboard Properties dialog is displayed. Note: If the Preview button is not available, then the administrator has suppressed its display. Tip: If you do not want a new browser window to open after the user selects prompt values, then click the dashboard sections More Option button and select Drill in Place. 6-18 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 4. If you want to add the hidden prompt to the whole dashboard, then click the Filters and variables Edit button. The Dashboard Filters and Variables dialog is displayed. If you want to add the hidden prompt to a dashboard page, then select the page from the Dashboard Pages table and click the Select a prompt to capture default filters and variables button, which is located above the Dashboard Pages table. The Filters and Variables - page dialog is displayed.

5. Click the Embed New Hidden Dashboard Prompt button to browse for and select