Request Filters

During the creation of an Oracle BI request, you can use column filters to constrain the request to obtain results that answer a particular question. Together with the columns that you include on the answer, a column filter determines what the results will contain. A column filter consists of a column to filter, a value to use when applying the filter, and an operator that determines how the value is applied. You can also prevent the filter from being replaced during navigation and prompting.

An example of an Oracle BI request that is built using a filter is the Applicant Trends report that is embedded in the CSW: Student Administration dashboard: Overview page. The request is filtered by Academic Year using a page prompt for that report. You can further narrow the results that appear on the Applicant Trends report by using the Institution, Campus, Admit Term, Academic Level, Academic Career, Academic Program and Academic Plan dashboard prompts that appear on the Overview page.

See Oracle Business Intelligence Answers, Delivers, and Interactive Dashboards User Guide, "Filtering Requests in Oracle BI Answers" for additional information on using column filters in an Oracle BI request.