Using Prompts with a Bursting Definition

If a Report or Book contains prompts, then the Bursting Definition will run a Report or Book using the members selected in the prompt definition.

  • If the Default Selection is defined in the prompt, the selection in the Default Selection is used to execute the prompt.


    prompts with default selection
  • If the prompt does not have a Default Selection defined, the first member in the Choice List is used to execute the prompt.


    prompts without default selection

    The output of the report prompt is displayed.


    When you execute the prompt
  • If either the Default Selection or Choices List are not defined, the dimension parent member is used to execute the prompt.