Answering a Prompt by Selecting from a List

Some prompted reports require an answer to be selected from a list of choices, such as attribute elements, to define the data that is displayed on the report.

 

List Prompts include:

Attribute Element List prompts, the user selects attribute elements.

Object Prompts, the user selects attributes and metrics.

 

To answer a prompt by selecting answers from a list:

  1. Click the name of the prompted report to run it. The report presents a prompt with a list of options to choose from to define the data that is displayed on the report.

  2. The Available area on the left displays the items that belong to the attribute you chose for this prompt. Select an item that you want to use to answer the prompt question and then click the right arrow Add a prompt answer icon to move the item to the Selected area. Press CTRL to select multiple items. Depending on how the prompt was designed, the following scenarios may also apply:

    To search for objects:

      • Beginning with specific letters, by typing those letters followed by an asterisk. For example, to find regions beginning with south, type south* in the Search for field and click the Filter button. South, Southeast, and Southwest are displayed.

      • Ending with specific letters, by typing an asterisk (*) and those letters. For example, to find regions ending with west, type *west in the Search for field and click the Filter button. Northwest and Southwest are displayed.

      • With a specific name, by typing the name in quotes (" "). For example, to find the South region, type "South" in the Search for field and click the Filter button. South is displayed, but not Southeast or Southwest.

      • Beginning with specific letters and ending with specific letters, by typing the first letters, then an asterisk (*), then the last letters. For example, to find regions beginning with S and ending with th, type s*th in the Search for field and click the Filter button. South is displayed.

      • Containing specific letters, by typing the characters separated by the percent sign (%). For example, to find regions that contain both S and th, type s%th in the Search for field and click the Filter button. South, Southeast, and Southwest are displayed.

      • Based on an Attribute form , by typing the name of the attribute form in brackets [] followed by a colon and the value to search for. For example, to find customers with the first name Maxwell, type [First Name]:Maxwell in the Search for field and click the Filter button. Maxwell Perez is displayed, but not Delores Maxwell.

  3. Depending on the number of prompts required for the report, do one of the following:

Related topics

Prompts Overview

Saving reports

Answering a prompt by typing a specific value

Answering a prompt by defining a filter based on an attribute

Answering a prompt by defining a filter based on a metric calculation

Answering a prompt by selecting answers from a list

 

 

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