Optional Click the Edit Formula button to display the In the Label field, change the default label, if necessary, by entering a caption for In the Description field, enter a short description for the prompt. This description From the Operator list, select

6-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition If you want to create the prompt for a column that is not displayed in the column list, then select the More Columns... option. The Select Column dialog is displayed where you can browse for and select a column. If your repository is configured for double columns, then ensure that you select the correct display column. For information on double columns, see Understanding the Double Column Feature . The number of columns that you include in a prompt can affect performance. In general, you should limit the number of columns to as few as possible. If you are creating a dashboard prompt and want to add or remove related subject areas, then click the Select subject area button in the Select Column dialog to display the AddRemove Subject Areas dialog .

3. Optional Click the Edit Formula button to display the

Edit Column Formula dialog: Column Formula tab where you can modify the formula for the column.

4. In the Label field, change the default label, if necessary, by entering a caption for

the column filter prompt. The caption displays as the prompts field label. You can include HTML markup tags in the caption, such as b, font, and table.

5. 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.

6. From the Operator list, select the operator to use.

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. Note that the column type determines the user input options from which you can select. 8. Within the Options section, select prompt options to specify how you want the list values to be displayed to the user, and how you want the user to interact with the prompt. The prompt options vary depending on the user input type and list values type that you selected. For more information about the individual prompt options, see New Prompt dialog .

9. In the Default selection field, select the prompt value or values that users see

initially. If you select a default type, then a field is displayed where you can either select specific values, or specify how you want the default values to be determined. For example, if you select SQL Results, you must then supply a SQL statement to generate the list of values.

10. Click OK. The prompt is displayed in the