HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

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When you refresh the data in the report, the prompt displays to request you to specify the
start date and end date of the period, for which you want to return data to the document.
Note: When a document contains multiple data providers, any prompts that include (1)
objects with the same data type, (2) operators of the same operator type, and that (3) use
the same prompt text are merged.
When all the data providers are refreshed, a single prompt message appears for such
prompts. For full information, see ”Merging prompts on multiple data providers” on
page 119.
This chapter explains how to create and edit prompts. For detailed information on how to
view and refresh documents with prompts, see the Performing On-Report Analysis with
Web Intelligence guide.
What makes up a prompt?
To create a prompt, you need to specify three elements:
• a filtered object
• an operator
• a prompt message
For example, to prompt users to select a specific year, you define a prompt on the [Year]
dimension. If your prompt looks like this:
Prompt Equal To (“Select a year”)
it means that the user will see the message “Select a year” and be prompted to enter a
value for Year.
You can create multiple prompts on a document. For example,
Prompt Equal To (“Select a year”)
AND
City In List (“Select a city”)
When the user runs the query, Web Intelligence displays the prompt dialog box with the
prompt message(s).