By default, the General preferences page is displayed. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 10. A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. 1, users can specify prompt answers at the report level by saving the prompts as default answers in MicroStrategy Developer or Web. However, before changing the way MicroStrategy Web products look or behave, it is helpful to understand how the application is built. 3. Select the Prompt answer is required check box. If you. x but when accessed through MicroStrategy Office the default answer will display blank like shown below. To provide a list of default answers for one of the three types of value prompt, select its check box and then click the Browse (. 4. The metric(s) you choose for the prompt do not have to appear on the report. However, if users save with 'Prompts' option, then when the report is re-run, users will be prompted again to select the Attribute Elements. Flexibility, low maintenance, medium effort to implement. Click Up or Down to move selected entries in the list. When you create a prompt, you can allow no, one, or. 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. The user can select the default level, or specify his own level. Create a blank dossier or open an existing one. Navigate to Caching > Result Caches > Creation. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. This can be accomplished using an Add-on. handleDefaultRequest(keys); default: System. To specify a default prompt answer. Dim status As EnumMOIErrorStatus. The sorting will be displayed as in MicroStrategy Developer. x. By default, MicroStrategy merges related security filters with OR and unrelated security filters with. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. Number of Views 10. To save the current prompt answers as the default prompt answers, and automatically use them the next time the report is exported, select the Do not prompt me again checkbox. Accept the other default values. Create a second prompt and make the prompt answer optional. Because element prompt answers are matched with prompts using the AttributeID, the order of the prompt answers does not determine the order in which prompts are answered. Un-select the checkbox for "Allow renaming of the report/message from the prompt page"How to create a filter definition prompt in MicroStrategy DeveloperJava example demonstrating how element prompt answers can be set within a custom prompt event handler in the MicroStrategy Web SDK. Give the prompt a default value and a minimum and maximum text length value, as shown in the example below: Click on the 'Next' button. The report is saved with active prompts. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. Select the folder in which to save the new prompt, enter a name, and. csv or Excel file format (. Click More Options. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. Set Freeform SQL and MDX objects default security. If you are creating a prompted filter, you are returned to the Filter Editor after you click Finish. Click Add, select the elements, then click OK. A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. The metric(s) you choose for the prompt do not have to appear on the report. Click Finish to open the Save As dialog box. Click the Re-Prompt button. You can create a stand-alone prompt, or you can create a prompt that is embedded in a filter. When running certain prompt types in MicroStrategy Web 9. As images. Click. Dim reportLocation As reportLocation. The Attribute element prompt is the most restrictive, allowing users to choose from the fewest number of attribute elements to define their filter criteria. From Preferences, enable the option "Show options when exporting", like shown below. If you do not want this dialog box to be shown in the future, select Don't show. Click the name of the report to run it. For steps, see How to Determine If a Report Uses Default Prompt Answers. Select "Project Defaults" on the left side. WORKAROUND: A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. SUMMARY: Using the MicroStrategy Java Web SDK 9. When there are multiple prompt answers,. x and 10. If the target prompt does not have a default answer, the Empty answer method is used. Set this personal answer as the default (select the Set as default checkbox). Hierarchy prompted reports show the default prompt answers instead of the current prompt answers in MicroStrategy Mobile 9. Invoke the MicroStrategy Integrity Manager executable MIntMgr. Use the same answer from the source prompt; Use the default answer; Ignore the prompt; Click Save. Prompts are a platform capability of MicroStrategy that refine the data displayed in reports, documents, and dossiers. These custom prompts give you more control than the default edit links and can come in handy when advanced developers want to get creative. x: From the Prompt Generation Wizard, select the 'Filter definition prompt' radio button, then select 'Choose from attribute element list' as shown. Its default value is true. Remove deletes the selected default prompt answer. xml under \WEB-INF\xml\layouts. If you unset the filter, the icon disappears. 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. To include the report in the email, select Data in email. dll for COM development (located in the Program Files/Common Files/MicroStrategy folder) on the Windows Environment. Answer the prompts on the prompt selection page. The prompt selection page is displayed. Execute a report that already contains a prompt that is using a Default personal prompt answer. X. In the Advanced Prompt Options dialog box, select or clear the check box to enable or disable a type of prompt resolution logic. Click Cancel, then return to Design View. This is fixed in MicroStrategy Mobile application 10 for iOSIn MicroStrategy 10. '. You can specify a minimum value even if you do not specify a maximum value. Export: Choose Whole report vs. x This code utilizes the M5TYPLIB. Using default prompt answers. Prompts in a document provide rich interactivity, allowing each user to display the data relevant to him. Generally this option is checked by default. Prompted reports use previous answers as default in MicroStrategy Web 9. Any report can contain prompts. By default, the link is named Link1. You can add more default prompt answers by clicking Modify, which opens the Select Objects dialog box so you can select additional objects. There are some modifications that can be done in the URL API that will modify the display of the Dossier, which are listed below: showNavBar – If the value is set to false, the Navigation Bar will be hidden. Any optional prompts without default answers are left unanswered. Default object answer: A prompted report can have two possible default answers: a default answer saved with the prompt and a default answer saved with the report. Therefore, prompts allow report designers to create reports that let users change the report content at run. Re-execute the report. Step 1. xls, . To create a Metric Qualification prompt. When the report is run, the. Applies to object prompts and. Dim reportLocation As reportLocation. x, it is possible to pass in prompt answer xml as a parameter in the request when a specific report is run. evt. Click on 'Modify' to determine how the prompt will appear in MicroStrategy Web. By default, MicroStrategy merges related security filters with OR and unrelated security filters with. Step 3. Click 'OK'. If the New Filter dialog box is displayed, click the Empty Filter icon. The event or action that you want your MicroStrategy Web product to perform. To delete. 4. Personal answers allow a user to save prompt answers for a specific prompt, and then reuse the answers on any report that uses a prompt. On the upper right of any page, click your user name, and then select Preferences from the drop-down list. These are prompts that are created as the result of an answer to one of the original prompts in the target. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. In General tab, under 'Prompt Details' tag, change the configure for options 'Include Prompt Titles' and 'Show attribute. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. Why MicroStrategy Why MicroStrategy; Customer Stories; PlatformSteps to import prompt values from a file. 2 - Closes all optional prompts with an empty answer. xml, as well as the Event Handlers Reference. This technical note documents the steps to create a required prompt that will be hidden from users without permission to use the prompt. 3. This customization scenario showcases how to use JavaScript to validate prompt answers once they are submitted. ACTION In order to remove the second radio button from displaying the default selection for the date value prompt when users run the report, you can use the following options: 1. This functionality allows users to search for specific elements within the prompt available answers. "System Prompt" is a system object that was introduced back in version 8. Step 2. Select ‘Between’ of Operator and configure the default values and click ‘OK’. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. On the upper right of any page, click your user name, and then select Preferences from the drop-down list. You can only use objects of one type in an object prompt. save the report and choose to save as Prompted and Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answers as shown in the image below Edit the object prompt created in Step 2 and remove the attribute Customer_ID from the pre-defined list of objects . 1. Send (drop-down list): select how the report is included in the email. When trying to select default prompt answers for a new prompt object, the following error message appears in MicroStrategy Desktop 9. In the source dossier, hover over a data point in the visualization and click the tooltip. When there is a dataset cache with the same prompt answer for the one existing only in the Target document, the target document gets executed with the dataset cache even though the prompt answers to the common prompts -- in this case, Category, Subcategory, Item --. 2 HF1, when a user runs a prompted report, any prompt answer can become the default prompt answer if the report is saved with the option 'Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answers' enabled. Metric details: Display the names of the objects on the report and the definitions of the metrics on the report. A default answer can allow users to complete report execution more quickly, since they do not need to answer the prompt but can simply run the report using the default answer. The Document Properties dialog box opens. If you created a new dossier, you must save the dossier before adding an existing dataset. 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. This feature is only implemented for element list prompts. You can determine whether to have prompts in a report automatically answered when the report is run, using default prompt answers. 11 will support prompts for end users. Users can store prompt answers and use them the next time they execute a report or define them as the default answer. x: "Filtered element. 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 More Options. 1. This filter, which will be used on the report, returns the dates between the date selected in the prompt and one month before the prompt answer. both the report designer needs to remove '% and %' surrounding the text prompt, and the user needs to supply the % signs in the prompt answers. The following code can be used to change/update the default answer of all attribute element prompts based on the same attribute. Run the report and your default prompt answer will be saved. 3. Depending on the answers the user provides, the report brings back and displays different data from your data source. Execute the report > `Books` is displayed as default prompt answer. A prompt is a question the system presents to a user when a report is executed. (A value prompt is a type of prompt that requires the user to type an entry in a field). Select the personal answer to rename, then click the Rename icon . When you apply this prompt to the report and execute the report using the default answer, the report appears as shown in the following image. Click Save. Execute one of the following options: To specify default prompt answers, click on 'Add'. 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. Click the General tab. 4. To have the prompt in the target use the default answer defined by the prompt's designer, select the Use default answer option. 2. Quoting from that page: The parameter elementsPromptAnswers specifies the answer to a single element prompt or multiple element prompts, with each individual prompt answer in the form of. To delete all the default prompt answers, click Clear. Users can follow the below steps to enable caching for prompted reports: Right click on the project and open the Project Configuration editor. In the Name box, enter a meaningful name for your saved prompt answer. KB46695: In MicroStrategy Web, default prompt answers continue to be displayed after saving a document with the "Display p… Number of Views 3. It is possible to programmatically export a document containing default prompt answers to a Microsoft Excel file using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9. Under Tools -> Options, select "Display. If Answer Dynamically is not an option in the list, the Region prompt is not an attribute element prompt. In this scenario, the prompt answer is. Run a report that uses a shared prompt 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. 11 will support prompts for end users. Determine whether the prompt has a default answer already provided. You can save prompt answer for a specific prompt and then reuse the answers on any report that uses the prompt; Add title and instructions for the prompt; Set default Web options for the prompt (accessible in MicroStrategy Developer) The following prompt types are. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. Dossiers with MicroStrategy 10. For example, the user can answer the Northeast region or 2002, and the appropriate data is returned from the data warehouse. Edit the predefined text for the Prompt title and instructions. Dossiers with MicroStrategy 10. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: In MicroStrategy Desktop, create an attribute prompt on the Day attribute. Dim answerString As String. Select the personal answer to rename, then click the Rename icon . All articles. From the Answer prompt drop-down, select how your selected prompt is answered. Keep the default value for the end. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. 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. By designing dossiers with prompted datasets, end users will now be able to proactively limit the data load prior to running a dossier. 4. It allows the caller to provide a list of attribute elements from which a selection is made. You can create a stand-alone prompt, or you can create a prompt that is embedded in a filter. PageSelection = EnumPageBy_PAGE_SELECTION_DEFAULT 'Define the page placement option to display all the pages in one worksheet. Determine whether users can save and reuse their prompt answers, and if so, how. By default, all prompt answers are accepted and passed on to the report where the data pertinent to the prompt answer (filter) is displayed. ACTION. Click Add, select the elements, then click OK. Step 2. A comprehensive list of event names and IDs can be found in events. 1. If there is no prompt answers in all levels, there will be no default answers displayed. When a prompted document is executed via an URL-API link containing prompt answers, MicroStrategy Web will send a “run document” request first and an “answer prompt” request second. By default, the first prompt from your prompted dossier is selected. The metric, 'Prompt answer' will display the prompt answer on the report, as shown below: If the metric 'Prompt answer' returns as blank, remove and re-add the metric, 'Prompt answer' onto the report in design mode. Click More Options. Create an integrity test. The prompts, which contain default answers, are displayed in a manner similar to a standard MicroStrategy report. Second option: 1. Select Prompt Settings page > Advanced Options. Ignoring Target Prompts: Using the Empty Answer Method. Click the open folder icon next to “Load Answers” 4. Add the prompt to the local Report Filter area. Use a pre-defined list of elements: This option lets you select specific attribute elements to display to the user. Full control. In this case, the "MONTH FILTER" will be placed in the filter section:Custom URLs for passing prompt answers from one dashboard to another report or dashboard. 5. Save them as a personal answer, naming it Southern Regions. From the list of available objects, select the objects to be used as default values for the prompt and click on '>' to add them to the list of selected objects. Double click the following ‘Definition’ area and open the ‘Attribute Qualification’ pane as shown below. On the Welcome page, select Value prompt, then click Next. The object is named as "User Login" and is implemented as a prompt object. Create the first prompt and make the prompt answer required. x but when accessed through MicroStrategy Office the default answer will display blank like shown below. txt, . The default levels that you define here are displayed when the prompt is executed. The Prompt Ordering dialog box opens. 1, users can specify prompt answers at the report level by saving the prompts as default answers in MicroStrategy Desktop or Web. 2. A prompt allows a user to provide an answer to restrict or filter data during report execution. Optional: Select the. KB36864: Re-prompting on a report having object prompt containing prompted reports retains the initial default prompt answer regardless of the report selected from the object prompt in MicroStrategy Developer 9. It will prompt for Country, Region and Call Center one by one in different pages. Save the report. This is a filter which contains a prompt on an attribute element list. 11) Open the same Report in MicroStrategy Web and choose "Books" as the prompt answer. Open a dataset/dossier with the feature to upload answers from files. 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. When you apply this prompt to the report and execute the report using the default answer, the report appears as shown in the following image. 1 and 10. and then send it and the prompt answer separately. This issue is due to the selected prompt answers section being set to auto width by default, so it expands to accommodate the lengthy and/or numerous prompt selections. Click. Create the Filter. Value Prompt. That is, the. Select the Link to MicroStrategy Web for unresolved prompts check box. A screenshot of the report is shown below: 2. View the dossier in Presentation Mode. 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. Step through the Integrity Manager Wizard and enter the information required on each page. x preferences page: ASPx:When the attribute element is selected and then deselected from the prompt answer, the elements are not alphabetically sorted in MicroStrategy Web 9. To create a list of attribute elements from which users can choose, select Use a predefined list of elements. Select Filter definition prompt -> Choose from an attribute element list as shown below. On the left, select Export Reports. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. The option is now displayed. ". Besides the commonly-used fields, the attribute qualification prompt also contains the following field: maxElementsperSelection The maximum number of elements that can be supplied to answer the prompt per selection. If the prompt is required, the prompt is still executed when a user clicks this link, since a prompt answer must be provided. Using MicroStrategy Distribution Services you can deliver a report or document to your user and for each user you can specify the correct prompt. 1. Note: Name will be. Select a prompt answer and click Apply. To get a sneak-peak of new functionalities. It gives you exclusive access to MicroStrategy experts on-demand or on-schedule, as well as access to all 56 courses in the MicroStrategy Education Catalog. After the prompts are answered, the document executes and displays the information according to the answers. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. Developers may need to change the default prompt answer set on a prompted report on the fly. 1, duplicate emails a…In MicroStrategy 9. Click it to select additional default answers. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. Suppose a user has a numeric value prompt embedded. The "One month" prompt used in the above example permits exactly one answer. For a table showing how to add each prompt type to a report, metric, or filter, see Reports: Adding prompts to a report, metric, or filter. This article also provides a solution to avoid this behavior. xlsx). Click the arrow next to Report Home, then click Create Personal View. Every time a user sees the prompt, he must answer it manually (if it is required). 0. These components include the following: Answer requirement: This component lets you determine whether users will be required to answer the prompt or an answer will be optional. Yes. From the Home menu, select Save As. About prompts. To pass the prompt answer for an element prompt when the attribute has a compound ID, you separate each ElementID with a colon. Select the item, and use the right-pointing. For example, the user can answer the Northeast region or 2002, and the appropriate data is returned from the data warehouse. Create an integrity test. The Prompt Ordering option is displayed after a prompt has been answered at least once. If users wish to keep the selected Attribute Elements on the right to appear during the re-run of the report, then the check box 'Set the current answers to be the default prompts answers' should be. Dim prompts As prompts. Select a default project drill map or click Clear to remove the default drill map from the field. out. Click the General tab. Enter these numbers in the Minimum number of answers and Maximum number of answers fields. Check the box that says "Enable caching for. ) icon. The prompt is answered by the default prompt answer for the prompt in the target report. The prompt and default answer are ignored since the prompt is not required; the report is not filtered by the prompt. 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. . The prompt answer is no. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. When you run the. The following URL API link will provide access to the MicroStrategy Web 10. Click Modify to open the Properties dialog box: Security tab. Subscriptions created from the Command Manager create subscription outline using a report with a prompt cannot dynamically use the default answer in MicroStrategy. Click Yes to confirm your action. 4. Single: Only one personal answer can be saved for this prompt. He can save his changes as a new. Create a new search object. If you do not want this dialog box to be shown in the future, select Don't show. Click on 'Finish' and save the prompt. Why MicroStrategy Why MicroStrategy; Customer Stories; Platform4. On the File menu, point to New, and choose Prompt. Report Viewer menu bar options: Data menu. Next, run the report. The prompts, which contain the default answers, are displayed as in any standard MicroStrategy report. An Attribute Qualification prompt can be used in an Attribute form qualification. Mark Run this report or document option in the Link editor and choose the report created in the step 2. For an introduction to prompts, how prompts save the report designer time, and how prompts work with MicroStrategy security filters, see the. Filename. 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. You can only use objects of one type in an object prompt. On the New JavaScript Wizard, click Next and Finish. (See How to Use Hierarchy Prompts in MicroStrategy for more information. These components include the following: Answer requirement: This component lets you determine whether users will be required to answer the prompt or an answer will be optional. 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. . An unused prompt occurs when you drill on a report that contains a prompt. Dim prompts As prompts. Integrity Manager cycles through these answers when answering this type of value prompt. /splunk clean userdata -f Recreate the default admin account. Click Save and Close to save your filter and close the Filter Editor. 1. It is possible to programmatically export a document containing default prompt answers to a Microsoft Excel file using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9. The behavior of the normal placeholder syntax #x is unchanged. exe using the command line. Prior to MicroStrategy Update ONE Update 11, this field was named Use the selected objects as the answer. Type a default value on in the 'In list' items area, as shown below: Click on prompt and click next until finished. To create a prompt that allows the user to select the report, in the pane on the left, perform the following steps: Navigate to the report to use as the default prompt answer. getID()); return. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. If both default answers exist, Integrity Manager. Click Create on any page, point to New Prompt, and select Object. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. In the warehouse change the attribute ID from `Books` = 1 to `Books' = 2. Static element list. If the prompt already has an answer (a filtering condition) in the right pane, you can do one of the following:Create a list element prompt for Distribution Center. For the Operator, select Exactly, and then from the drop-down to the left of the text box, select. The prompt may now be used to build a report. The reuse property of the prompt answer. Click the Browse button (. Insert a "Blank Dashboard" layout. DssXmlExecutionDefaultPrompt on WebReportSource object, as shown below: Using prompts in documents. If the user wishes not to display any value in the prompt and leave the prompt blank, a blank space needs to be inserted in the 'Default value' field to avoid possible SQL errors, as shown below: Click the name of the prompted report or document to run it. The New Prompt page opens. Find detailed answers to your support questions for your Western Digital, SanDisk, WD_BLACK, or WD storage product. An Attribute Qualification prompt can be used in an Attribute form qualification. By default, this option is selected, as shown below: After customization: Follow these steps to achieve this customization: In the Web Customization Editor,. Target. Step 2. Prior to MicroStrategy Update ONE Update 11, this field was named Use the selected objects as the answer. For example, users can define a level prompt at the country level and apply it to a cost fact, as shown below, to generate a new Cost_Level_Prompt metric that aggregates the sum of Cost at the country level. and click Save to return to MicroStrategy Developer. To create a Metric Qualification prompt. To Allow Personal Answers for Prompts. Input parameter properties, such as default answer value, whether it is mandatory or not, are imported as part of the prompt definition. 4. Enabled by default, the Enable caching for prompted reports and documents setting controls whether prompted reports and documents are cached. Create and save the prompt. Click OK. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. Click the name of the prompt to open it.