User`s guide
• Currency: Requires a dollar amount.
Example: Display customers with sales over XXXXX.
• Date: Requires an answer in a date format.
Example: Enter the start and end dates of the quarter.
• DateTime: Requires both date and time.
Example: Display statistics for 07/04/1999 between 1:00pm-2:00pm.
• Number: Requires a numeric value.
Example: Enter the customer identification number.
• String: Requires a text answer.
Example: Enter the region.
• Time: Requires an answer using a time format
Example: Display the total number of calls from 1:00pm-2:00pm.
• Parameter field prompting text can be up to four lines long with approximately 60-70 characters per
line (depending on character width, up to the 254 character limit). Text over one line in length will
automatically word wrap.
• You can create a list of values from which users can choose the parameter value rather than having
them enter it manually. Lists of values can be static (embedded in each report), dynamic (refreshed
from a database on demand), scheduled (refreshed from a database on a recurring schedule), or
partially scheduled (portions of a list of values can be scheduled, while other portions remain
on-demand). Scheduled and partially scheduled lists of values are administered through the Business
View Manager. For more information, see the
Business Views Administrator's Guide
.
• A parameter field does not have to be placed in a report in order to be used in a record or group
selection formula. You create the parameter field and then enter it in your formula as you would any
other field.
• A parameter field does not have to be placed in a report in order to be used in a record or group
selection formula. You create the parameter field and then enter it in your formula as you would any
other field.
• A parameter field can be set to be optional so that users are not forced to enter a value when
prompted.
21.1.2 Prompt considerations
There are a number of things to keep in mind when working with prompts:
• Prompts can be static or dynamic. As well, a dynamic prompt can have a cascading list of values.
For a description of each option, see these topics:
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