Responding to Prompts When Previewing

If a report is designed with prompts, those prompts are displayed when you preview the report.

You must respond to the prompt and provide the requested information by selecting members from the prompt list. You can also edit the prompts manually. If the prompts contain alias names, you can edit the alias names by converting to member names. See Setting Up Report Prompts.

To respond to a prompt when previewing a report:

1. With a report open in the Report Designer, select File, and then either HTML Preview or PDF Preview.
2. In the Respond to Prompts dialog box, under the Selection column, do one of the following:

   • If the member is known, enter the member name in the text box for the respective prompt.

     If the text box is disabled, the prompt contains alias names. To edit the text box, select Edit Member Names. If multiple members are provided for the prompt, separate the members with commas.

     Selecting Edit Member Names displays member names in the text box, not alias names. You can edit the member name associated with an alias.

   • Click .

     In the Select Members dialog box, the default member is listed in the Selected area. Click and to move members between the panels.

     For more information on defining members, see Defining Members,

3. Select OK, and then click Run.

Note: After running a report multiple times in succession, you may see a pop up blocker warning in the browser. If this occurs, click on the warning and choose to allow the pop ups.