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Adding a Prompt to a Report

A prompt is a question the system presents to a user during report execution. How the user answers the question determines what data is displayed on the report when it is returned from your data source. For details on prompts in general and the various types of prompts, see Types of Prompts. You need to know what type of prompt you will be using when deciding where and how to add it to a report.

For example, Object prompts are most commonly placed directly on a report, but can also be placed in the condition part of a metric's definition in the Metric Editor, depending on the type of object in the Object prompt.

If you add a prompt to your report, you will be required to answer the prompt when you save the report. If you select Save report as prompted when you save the report, any subsequent times you open the report (in Editable or Presentation Mode), you will have to answer the prompt. Also, if you edit a prompted report and add another prompt to it, you will have to answer any prompts that you added during this session when you save the report. For more information about prompts, see About Prompts.

Use the following table when considering how and where to add a prompt to a report:

Prompt type

Add To Report Editor: Template Definition Pane

Add To Report Editor: Report Filter Pane

Add To Report Editor: Page-by Area

Add To Metric Editor: Definition Pane

Add To Filter Editor: Filter Definition Pane

Filter definition prompts

Hierarchy prompt

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Attribute prompt

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Attribute Element prompt

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Metric prompt

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Object prompts

Object prompt of attributes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Added as part of an advanced qualification

Object prompt of metrics

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Added as part of a set qualification, and any place that accepts metrics

Object prompt of filters

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Value prompts

Date prompt

No

No

No

No

Added as part of an attribute form qualification, on an attribute form of Date data type

Numeric prompt, Long prompt, or Big Decimal prompt

No

No

No

Yes

Added as part of a set qualification, as a metric value comparison

Text prompt

No

No

No

No

Added as part of an attribute form qualification, on an attribute form of a text data type

Related Topics

About Prompts

Types of Prompts

Hierarchy Qualification Prompt

Attribute Element List Prompt

Attribute Qualification Prompt

How to Create a Metric Qualification Prompt

How to Create an Object Prompt

Value Prompt