Dim config As ConfigOptions. The attribute element prompt is one of the most commonly used prompt types. A value prompt allows the results to be filtered based on a specific value, such as a specific date, number, or word/phrase. For steps, see the Basic Reporting Guide. Under Tools -> Options, select "Display. When this feature is enabled, the additional icon appears. Click the a|b button to rename the selected answer or click the X button to delete the. You can use REST APIs to perform the following action on value prompts: Answering a value prompt. ". Set up the new search and define the object type. The resulting child report can display or omit the prompt details from the parent. MicroStrategy SDK provides a plug-in (ZIP file) that can simply be extracted to the plugins folder to view the customization in MicroStrategy Web. Loading × Sorry to interruptThe next time the report is run, the saved answers will automatically be used to answer the prompts and run the report. Choose one of the following: Prompt user. Options in this menu allow you to change the display of report data in a number of ways: Advanced Sorting opens the Sorting dialog box, which you can use to customize the sorting criteria in the report. Put this Prompt inside a metric, as shown below: Create a report and put this metric in the Report objects window. However, before changing the way MicroStrategy Web products look or behave, it is helpful to understand how the application is built. 4. To specify a default prompt answer. The following URL API link will provide access to the MicroStrategy Web 10. 1. Every time a user sees the prompt, he must answer it manually (if it is required) or ignore it. 4 HF5. This article shows how to answer prompts in a custom report Event Handler Using Prompt Answer XML in MicroStrategy Java Web SDK 9. Yes. Create a security filter that filters on selected elements of the attribute. If it does, a default answer appears in the far right pane of the prompt window. To allow users to save and reuse a single personal answer, select Single. and click Save to return to MicroStrategy Developer. You can only use objects of one type in an object prompt. Watch this video to learn more about the Expert. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. Specifies the ID(s), type(s) and name(s) of the object(s) to answer a prompt, or multiple prompts: NOTE: The type of the object is '4' for metric and '12' for attribute. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. Set the maximum and/or minimum number of prompt answers allowed, if desired. The Available area on the left displays the items that belong to the attribute you chose for this prompt. You have now seen two different ways to navigate to your desired prompt answer using a hierarchy prompt. Any optional prompts without default answers are left unanswered. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. How the user answers the question determines what data is displayed on the report when it is returned from your data source. both the report designer needs to remove '% and %' surrounding the text prompt, and the user needs to supply the % signs in the prompt answers. In MicroStrategy Web, while creating a prompt, you can allow personal answers for the prompt, if the administrator has enabled personal answers in the default settings for. 5. Metric details: Display the names of the objects on the report and the definitions of the metrics on the report. From the Personal answers allowed drop-down, select one of the following:. Steps to Create: 1. The 'Select Objects' dialog box opens. Adobe Analytics widget. 1, users can specify prompt answers at the report level by saving the prompts as default answers in MicroStrategy Desktop or Web. If Answer Dynamically is not an option in the list, the Region prompt is not an attribute element prompt. In the Options dialog, open the General -> Diagnostics folder. Send (drop-down list): select how the report is included in the email. Choose one of the following options: To display all of the attribute's elements to the user when they are answering the prompt, select List all elements (no restriction). If there already exists a default answer, we will make the new answer the default, and change the old default answer to be non-default Additionally, any. Click Save and Close to save your filter and close the Filter Editor. Below are instructions to achieve this in a Report Services Document. A prompt is similar to a filter; both are applied at runtime and customize the. (A value prompt is a type of prompt that requires the user to type an entry in a field). Depending on the configuration of the prompt the user can store one or more prompts answers for use. The Prompt Ordering option is displayed after a prompt has been answered at least once. By designing dossiers with prompted datasets, end users will now be able to proactively limit the data load prior to running a dossier. The saved prompt answer is associated with your account and will be applied to all reports that use this prompt. 2. Create a report with Customer Age in the rows and the prompt created above in the report filter. 4. Click OK. In the Advanced Prompt Options dialog box, select or clear the check box to enable or disable a type of prompt resolution logic. Select the Save this answer when report is run checkbox. promptAnswerMode *. MicroStrategy system administrators can modify the SQL script (or add few SQL statements) to delete or remove the prompt answer that should NOT be shown in the EM reports. All Files; Submit Search. Type a default value on in the 'In list' items area, as shown below: Click on prompt and click next until finished. For more information, see How to Save a Report. x: "Filtered element. Once the prompts are in the correct order (for the example, the order is Region and Call Center), click OK to return to the Document Editor. Set a default value for both prompts. For steps to include a prompt on a report, see Reports: Adding prompts to a report, metric, or filter. Identify the prompt by providing the prompt ID, name or key, and specify the prompt type as EXPRESSION. No prompt answer is provided from the source and the user is not prompted to provide an answer. KB18540: How to automatically answer nested prompts in. Number = index number of desired prompt answer IDSSPromptAnswer = reference to the prompt answer object. On the Welcome page, select Value prompt, then click Next. To Answer a Prompt by Selecting Answers From a List. In MicroStrategy Tutorial: Create a target document. No answer is provided to the required prompt so MicroStrategy cannot complete the report without user interaction. In this sample code, a search is performed on all reports to find a specific string in the default answer of an expression prompt. If the prompt is required, the prompt is still executed when a user clicks this link, since a prompt answer must be. (See How to Use Hierarchy Prompts in MicroStrategy for more information. Platform Analytics is the new monitoring tool in MicroStrategy 11. Click the name of the prompted report or document to run it. The prompt selection page will not be displayed to users. From the Choose a Permission Level drop-down list, select the predefined set of permissions, or select Custom to define a custom set of permissions. By designing dossiers with prompted datasets, end users will now be able to proactively limit the data load prior to running a dossier. Choose File > New > Filter. Run a report with the prompt answers that you wish to use for the personal view. 7. Click More Options. The prompt is answered by the default prompt answer for the prompt in the target report. 5. Enter these numbers in the Minimum number of answers and Maximum number of answers fields. Enter the answers in the dialog box and click Close. The Export Reports preferences page opens. Create a second prompt and make the prompt answer optional. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Subscribe to Email dialog box. If both default answers exist, Integrity Manager. For example, you want a report that lists all employees whose age. Create an integrity test. Get the Attribute Qualification Prompt's. The Default Prompt Value page opens. Prompt answer xml is generally useful to have for debuging or developing new features. Users can store prompt answers and use them the next time they execute a report or define them as the default answer. Hierarchy prompted reports show the default prompt answers instead of the current prompt answers in MicroStrategy Mobile 9. Your default prompt answer will be loaded as your prompt answer. After the document is exported, the content of the document is displayed using the default settings in Microsoft Excel. Execute the document C in MicroStrategy Web and confirm that the link opens as expected, with the value prompt set to "none" 5. Create a threshold using this metric to. 2. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 10. The prompt may now be used to build a report. Parameters: ipIndex. Click Cancel, then return to Design View. Open up MicroStrategy Web and sign in as the administrator. ) To require that the user answer the prompt at run time, select the Prompt answer required check box. Click OK to save your filter definition and close the Attribute Qualification pane. Since the second prompt is optional, make the related SQL query dependent on the prompt by selecting the dependent query and choosing Prompt-dependent SQL from the context menu. Click the name of the report to run it. No: Yes: The prompt and default answer are ignored since the prompt is not required; the report is not filtered by the prompt. To require users to answer the prompt before running the report, select Prompt answer required. Dim report As report. xls format. Select Filter definition prompt -> Choose from an attribute element list as shown below. (A value prompt is a type of prompt that requires the user to type an entry in a field). Click the arrow next to Report Home, then click Create Personal View. 31K KB31969: Personal prompt answer is applied to a prompted report that has been saved with a different prompt answers in Mic…A prompt is a question presented to the user who runs the report. 1. No prompt answer is provided from the source and the user is not prompted to provide answers. For more information about saving reports, see . The option is now displayed. Ordering prompts in documents. Now offering. Perform the following steps to set the maximum or minimum number of elements that can be selected for a prompt answer in an attribute element prompt in MicroStrategy Developer 10. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. MicroStrategy Developer answers the prompts on the first report; then, answers the prompts on the second report and so on. Why MicroStrategy Why MicroStrategy; Customer Stories; Platform4. Create an integrity test. Click Export. . Select a prompt style and click on 'OK. Target. Depending on the answers the user provides, the report brings back and displays different data from your data source. ) Step 2. If you require an answer, it is a good idea to also provide a default answer, otherwise a subscription to this report will fail. println("other event called:" + event. 4. Any prompts with personal answers saved for the login using Integrity Manager can be resolved using those personal answers. Determine whether the prompt contains saved personal answers, which allow a user to save prompt answers for a specific prompt, and then reuse the answers on any report that the prompt is used on. Filename. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 10. Personal answers also provide consistency, to ensure that the same prompt answers are used across a number of reports. Select the users or groups that you want to add to the object's ACL. Optional: Select the Save this answer when the report is run checkbox. For example, the user can answer the Northeast region or 2002, and the appropriate data is returned from the data warehouse. To save the report. Resolve(oRepInst. The advanced save options allow you to choose whether to save reports as static or prompted, or whether to save the prompt answers provided when running the report as default prompt answers. 11 will support prompts for end users. This happened with the introduction of support for creating subscriptions of prompted reports with answers as a new feature in 9. The following code demonstrates how to build an add. Click the name of the prompt to open it. To avoid the mentioned issue, follow the provided steps for the same report in MicroStrategy Developer : Run the report and remove all the selected prompt answers. Select Prompt Settings page > Advanced Options. 4. The objects are added to the default prompt answer table, with standard filtering and grouping. Prompts in a document provide rich interactivity, allowing each user to display the data relevant to him. This technical note documents the steps to create a required prompt that will be hidden from users without permission to use the prompt. The MicroStrategy SDK allows you to customize the standard MicroStrategy Web interface, and extend and integrate the MicroStrategy business intelligence functionality into other applications. 11 will support prompts for end users. Yes. For "Choose from All Attributes in a Hierarchy," "Qualify on an Attribute," and "Qualify on a Metric" prompts, you can also configure how the user can define the attribute or. "The prompt is ignored; the report is not filtered by the prompt. They can be overridden at the report level, by accessing the Export Options dialog box for. Then it presents this data to the administrators, developers, and analysts to help them optimize the performance of. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answer is displayed. You can add more default prompt answers by clicking Modify, which opens the Select Objects dialog box so you can select additional objects. By default, the first prompt from your prompted dossier is selected. In the source dossier, hover over a data point in the visualization and click the tooltip. The report presents a prompt with a list of choices you can choose to define the data that is displayed on the report. The prompt selection page is displayed. The New Prompt page opens. KB46695: In MicroStrategy Web, default prompt answers continue to be displayed after saving a. Name the new page prompts2 and click OK. The Prompt Ordering option is displayed after a prompt has been answered at least once. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. Make sure that the "Enable report server caching" is checked. Execute the report > `Books` is displayed as default prompt answer. Select different prompt answers such as with Year 2008 and 2009. Next to the prompt for which the personal answer has been saved, click Load Answers. Step 3. The New Prompt page opens. A user can keep the personal answer, or add or delete selections. In the Run Modes area, select the format (s) in which the document can be exported: •. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. Answer the prompts and execute the report. SUMMARY: In MicroStrategy Web SDK 10. The value prompt is designed to return report results based on the data type assigned to the data in your data source. You can add more default prompt answers by clicking Modify, which opens the Select Objects dialog box so you can select additional objects. ) next to Run this report or document to find and select the target report or. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. See the links below for steps to answer each type of prompt: Click Run Report. This not only allows for dossiers to have personalized information, but also improves performance by processing only the necessary data. How to Execute a Prompted Report Services Document and Automatically Use the Default Prompt Answers using the MicroStrategy Web 8. dll for COM development (located in the Program Files/Common Files/MicroStrategy folder) on the Windows Environment. 0. Check the box that says "Enable caching for. xml, as well as the Event Handlers Reference. In the warehouse change the attribute ID from `Books` = 1 to `Books' = 2. dll for COM development (located in the Program Files/Common Files/MicroStrategy folder) on the Windows Environment. x: Create a value prompt and set the limits and the default answer. It is possible to programmatically export a document containing default prompt answers to a Microsoft Excel file using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9. 11 will support prompts for end users. Community & Support Search Discussions Open A Case View My CasesFirst, MicroStrategy Developer locates the prompts depending on the position of the reports in the document. The prompt selection page will not be displayed to users. Here is a sample workflow for using REST APIs to answer prompts: Create an instance of a dossier, document or report. Select the Link to MicroStrategy Web for unresolved prompts check box. x-10. When trying to select default prompt answers for a new prompt object, the following error message appears in MicroStrategy Desktop 9. To delete all the default prompt answers, click Clear. Click Advanced in the list on the left. Keep the default value for the end. To create an object prompt. (See How to Use Hierarchy Prompts in MicroStrategy for more information. Create a Report Services document that uses the Freeform SQL report created in step 1. To delete the selected default prompt answer, click Remove. Click the General tab. Click Next. Users need to read and follow the 3 important notes as condition to workaround. 4. To specify a default prompt answer. Send Now URL API when sending a report does not pass the specified DATE prompt answer, but instead sends the default prompt answer in MicroStrategy 10. Dim simpleprompt As PromptSimple. Dossiers with MicroStrategy 10. Static element list. The 'Select Objects' dialog box opens. Stage 3: Run a test in Integrity Manager and check the prompt answer source in the result details. Dim reportLocation As reportLocation. The valuePromptAnswers parameter is used to answer value prompts through the URL. Dim answer As String. Choose a prompt. 2. Add the prompted report to the document as a dataset. When running certain prompt types in MicroStrategy Web 9. 4. Portion displayed only (only the displayed page if multiple pages). This prompt answer method answers the prompt using the object selected in the source (in this case, region). Select your prompt answer from the left-side box to the right-side box. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. Suppose a user has a numeric value prompt embedded. In the Name box, enter a meaningful name for your saved prompt answer. Click the a|b button to rename the selected answer or click the X button to delete the selected. By default, MicroStrategy merges related security filters with OR and unrelated security filters with. Renaming a Prompted ReportAs of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 8. 2. Select the personal answer to rename, then click the Rename icon . Make a new prompt answer by selecting one from the left-side box then click the right-facing arrow between the boxes, or select an existing saved answer from Load Answers. Community & Support Search Discussions Open A Case View My CasesCAUSE: This has been clasified as a defect in MicroStrategy Web 9. Answer For Each oElement In oElements answerList. For example, the user can enter information such as the. Configure the Integrity Test to Open the Reports in MicroStrategy Web. The prompt is not answered. Click Modify to open the Properties dialog box: Security tab. Right-click the report and select Add Prompt to Filter. The user can select the default level, or specify his own level. If this style of placeholder refers to an element list prompt, MicroStrategy SQL Generation Engine will continue to substitute the entire in-list condition. The report is saved with active prompts. ' To ensure the prompt requires an answer, select the 'Prompt answer is required' checkbox. The default setting of -1 means there is no limit to the maximum number of elements. xls, . Accept the other default values. If you. Call oRes. Prepare file with the answers. Answering all prompts ( promptsAnswerXML parameter) Generating the XML to answer all prompts (including nested prompts) Answering element list prompts ( elementsPromptAnswers parameter) Passing prompt answers for an unanswered optional element prompt. Subscriptions personalization after changing the prompts default:To determine whether a report uses default prompt answers. When in 2-tier mode, disconnect and reconnect to the project source. If the administrator requires testing the same report. x. KB31103: How to manage Prompt Answer objects in MicroStrategy Developer 9. If one or more prompt answers in the list are not in the correct format for the type of value prompt, the Close icon is disabled until corrected. Step 1 Clear any selection in the right-side box and make your new selection from the left-side box using the arrow buttons between the boxes. 0 and higher,. Users can save prompt answers without having to save the report itself. The Attribute element prompt is the most restrictive, allowing users to choose from the fewest number of attribute elements to define their filter criteria. For this example the prompt on the Year attribute contains a default personal prompt answer of 2006. Refresh. Click Add, select the elements, then click OK. A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. To display the prompt selection page each time that the report is run, select the Save report as prompted option, then perform the following steps:As of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 9. Step 4: The report may look like this:. Select Date and Time, then click Next. Change the default answer of the prompt created in step 1 to Movies. The Document Properties dialog box opens. 4. Update application badge with the value of this metric: Select this option to update the badge next to the. When the 'Prompt answer is required' checkbox is grayed out and cannot be de-selected in MicroStrategy Developer, users must de-select the minimum answer requirement. 1 iOS Update 4. Using the MicroStrategy Java Web SDK 9. The saved file must be a . Second option: 1. Answering a prompted report differently each time it is executed is one way to ensure that a report is executed against your data. 1 - Answers all required prompts and optional prompts with default answers. 59K KB18529: When sending out a report with a dynamic date prompt in MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server 8. The sorting will be displayed as in MicroStrategy Developer. Step 2. Then click "Run Report". To do this, you can switch to PDF View, which opens the Prompt Answer Wizard. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. Right-click the text box and choose the Edit Links option. The 'Choose a Prompt Style' dialog box opens. No answer is provided to the required prompt so MicroStrategy cannot complete the report without user interaction. 3. To delete the selected default prompt answer, click Remove. 0, it is possible to programmatically access the default answer expression embedded in a prompt of a report definition. This article also provides a solution to avoid this behavior. Dim answerString As String. An example of this is if the user changes these prompt answers to something other than the default for the subscription, when the prompt defaults are changed, the users would not want the subscriptions personalization to change to the new default. Generally this option is checked by default. A prompt is a question the system presents to a user when a report is executed. Users can follow the below steps to enable caching for prompted reports: Right click on the project and open the Project Configuration editor. In Splunk Enterprise 7. 1. Use. Selecting a data point acts as a prompt answer. Select a default project drill map or click Clear to remove the default drill map from the field. Execute the report to see the prompt again. An Attribute Qualification prompt can be used in an Attribute form qualification. For instructions, see Using non-default personal answers for prompts. Set Freeform SQL and MDX objects default security. x This code utilizes the M5TYPLIB. Navigate to the Layout Tab. The Properties dialog box opens. Enter these numbers in the Minimum number of answers and Maximum number of answers fields. Select the personal answer to rename, then click the Rename icon . By default, the link is named Link1. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. No prompt answer is provided to the target and the user is not prompted, either. For this example the prompt on the Year attribute contains a default personal prompt answer of 2006. x URL APIReturn a prompt answer from the collection by index number in the range 1-->Count. By default, MicroStrategy merges related security filters with OR and unrelated security filters with. The default prompt answers will work correctly MicroStrategy Web 9. The behavior of the normal placeholder syntax #x is unchanged. To require that the user answer the prompt at run time, select the Prompt answer required check box. Click the name of the prompted report to run it. Value prompts are useful when the result desired on the report is a single value, such as a specific date, a number, or a specific word or phrase. When using URL API to pass attribute element prompt selections to a Report Services Document, the prompt answers do not pass correctly. A comprehensive list of event names and IDs can be found in events. If the dataset in a document has a prompt in it, such as for the Region attribute or the Year attribute on which to report, a user is prompted the first time he or she views the document in PDF View. Clear any selection in the right-side box and make your new selection from the left-side box using the arrow buttons between the boxes. Execute the report again > `Books` is still displayed as default prompt answer in the prompt resolution. Edit the predefined text for the Prompt title and instructions. Insert a "Blank Dashboard" layout. If the prompt is required, the prompt is still executed when a user clicks this link, since a prompt answer must be provided. Sub Button_Answer_Prompt () Dim PSName, prjName, reportID As String. Default object answer: A prompted report can have two possible default answer, a default. Click Up or Down to move selected entries in the list. To save the report with the currently displayed report and filter information, select Static. 3. Now change something, in our instance we added a metric, press "save" and close the VI after successfully saving the. Click the name of the prompted report or document to run it. Step 3. The user can select one of them, or answer the prompt manually. Name the personal view and. xml under \WEB-INF\xml\layouts. Navigate to the prompts (This page is used for answering prompts in the Mojo OIVM page) page, right-click, and choose Duplicate -> by making a copy of this page. Select a default project drill map or click Clear to remove the default drill map from the field. 3. On the General tab, click Format in the Report Details Properties area. On the left, select Export Reports.