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SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook

You're reading from   SAP BusinessObjects Reporting Cookbook Over 80 recipes to help you build, customize, and distribute reports using SAP BusinessObjects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2014
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ISBN-13 9781782172437
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yoav Yohav Yoav Yohav
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Working with the BI Launch Pad FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating New Queries 3. Working Inside the Report 4. Working with Tables 5. Working with Charts 6. Formatting Reports 7. Filtering the Report Data 8. Merging Data 9. Using Formulas and Variables 10. Using Hyperlinks 11. Using Drill 12. Scheduling Reports 13. Working with BI Workspaces 14. Web Intelligence Rich Client Index

Using prompts


Prompt is an operand that enables a dynamic value insertion into the condition's last section. When we think about it, most reports use prompts as they require dynamic values in the conditions. The best example is a time-ranged report that requires the picking of different date values every day.

Getting ready

We need to edit our existing query filter so that business users will be able to choose country values dynamically.

How to do it...

First, we will change the operand type to Prompt, as shown in the following screenshot. Note that generic text is added to the prompt area that says Enter values for Client.

We will click on the Run query button. A prompt window will appear. In this prompt window, we will be asked to pick a value from the existing list of values, as shown in the following screenshot. As long as a value isn't picked, a red arrow will appear next to the prompt text.

We will pick the country Japan. The red arrow will change to green, confirming that the prompt has...

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