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Note: If the prompt is for a date and you want users to see the popup calendar in order to
select the date(s) then do not do not select Prompt with List of Values.
Merging prompts on multiple data providers
When a document contains multiple data providers, prompts on those data providers are
merged, if the following three parameters in the prompts are the same:
• the objects are the same data type
• the operators are the same operator type
• the prompt text is the same
If these three parameters are the same for multiple prompts, then whenever all the data
providers in the document are refreshed, only one prompt message appears for those
prompts.
The criteria for merging prompts
The following table provides details on the three criteria for merging prompts:
Prompt Parameters Details
Object data type The data for the object in each prompt must be of
the same type; for example, string, date, or
numeric.
Operator type The operators in the prompts must either all be
multi-selection operators or all be mono-selection
operators.
• The following operators are mono-selection:
Equal to, Different from, Greater than, Greater
than or equal to, Less than, Less than or equal
to, Matches pattern, Different from pattern,
Between, Not between, Both, Except
• The following operators are multi-selection:
In list, Not in list
Prompt text. The message displayed by the prompt must be
exactly the same.
For example:
• Prompt 1: “Select Country from list:”
• Prompt 2: “Select Country from list:”