Click OK. The prompt is displayed in the
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
Definition pane . 11. 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. Prompting in Dashboards and Analyses 6-11 12. 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. 13. To specify that the selected prompt and all other prompts that follow it should be displayed in a new column on the prompt layout, click the New Column check box that corresponds to where you want the prompts to be displayed in a new column. 14. 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. Overriding a Selection Step With a Column Prompt Use the following procedure to create a selection step with a column prompt override. You can override a selection step with either a dashboard or an analysis prompt. The following list provides examples of overriding selection steps with prompts when the user selects groups or column members: ■ One or more groups, such as My Regions and My Cities, can override a selection step only of the Add type. ■ One or more members, such as Central and Eastern, can override a selection step of any type. ■ One or more groups and one or more members, such as My Regions and Central, can override a selection step of any type. However, groups are ignored and members are supported. For more information about using a column prompt to override a selection step, see the following topics: ■ Other Prompt Types ■ What are Filters and Selection Steps? ■ Working with Selections of Data To create or edit a column prompt to override a selection step: 1. To create an analysis with selection steps, either create a new analysis or access an existing analysis to which you want to add selection steps. The Analysis Editor is displayed. For more information about creating an analysis, see Specifying the Criteria for Analyses . 2. After you have specified the columns for the analysis, navigate to the Selection Steps pane and specify the selection steps for the analysis. For information about specifying selection steps, see Working with Selections of Data . 3. Determine which selection step you want to override with a column prompt and click its Edit button. The New Member Step dialog is displayed. Note: If the Preview button is not available, then the administrator has suppressed its display. 6-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition4. Select the Override with prompt box. Click OK and save the analysis.
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