Some prompted reports require the user to enter a specific value such as a date or number to define the data that is displayed on the report. These prompts include Date prompts, Numeric prompts, Text prompts, Long prompts, and Big Decimal prompts.
To answer a prompt by typing a specific value:
Click the name of a prompted report to run it. A prompted report will present a prompt question to be answered before the report data is displayed.
Enter an answer in the field provided, as in the following examples:
Date prompt: Enter a date value, such as 8/14/2012, or make a selection from the calendar.
Numeric prompt: Enter integers or decimals up to 15 digits.
Text prompt: Enter alphabetic characters that form any type of text string, such as a word or phrase.
Big Decimal prompt: Enter integers and decimals up to 38 digits.
Long prompt: Enter integer numbers up to 10 digits.
Scroll down or click Next to get to the next prompt, if there is one.
If there are additional prompts on the report, use the appropriate steps to answer them. (All prompts on the report are listed in the far left pane.) Otherwise, review the summary of answers and click Run Report or Run Document. The report or document is executed and results are displayed.
In the Prompt Detail panel you can review how the prompts were answered.
Answering a prompt by selecting answers from a list
Answering a prompt by defining a filter based on an attribute
Answering a prompt by defining a filter based on a metric calculation
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