Operation Manual

Parameter Fields and Prompts
Understanding lists of values
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Feature Unmanaged list of values Managed list of values
Report fields Command objects Business Views
At report-view
time, prompt for
additional
information
needed by the list
of values.
No Yes
If the command
object contains
parameters, the
value(s) are
prompted for at
report-view time.
Yes
If the Business View contains
parameters, the value(s) are
prompted for a report-view
time.
Display different
values to different
users.
No No Yes
Because managed lists of
values are based on
Business Views, they inherit
the view-time security
capabilities of Business
Views.
Schedule the list of
values to update
on a recurring
schedule.
No No Yes
The scheduling capability
comes from the Business
View Manager, not the
Central Management
Console (CMC) where
reports are scheduled.
Partially schedule
the list of values to
update only certain
portions of the list
on a recurring
schedule.
No No Yes