Create the first prompt and make the prompt answer required. Next, run the report. Choose a prompt. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. Send (drop-down list): select how the report is included in the email. Ordering prompts in documents. The MicroStrategy SDK allows you to customize the standard MicroStrategy Web interface, and extend and integrate the MicroStrategy business intelligence functionality into other applications. Add the attribute and a metric to the template. Please refer to TN 30086 for generating prompt answers in XML format using MicroStrategy Office 8. Clear the prompt answers, and replace them with the Central region. The value prompt is designed to return report results based on the data type assigned to the data in your data source. In this scenario, the prompt answer is. A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. The sample code below illustrates how to execute prompted report with default prompt answers without waiting for end user's input or supplying prompt answer XML in MicroStrategy Web SDK 9. In the next pop-up window, select an answer. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. 3. A value prompt allows the results to be filtered based on a specific value, such as a specific date, number, or word/phrase. Integrity Manager cycles through these answers when answering this type of value prompt. 1 and above. When a Report Services document with a prompt is delivered using MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server 9. Leave the rest by default and save it. Reselect the prompt answers and then save and close the report once it has run. To specify a default prompt answer. Hierarchy prompted reports show the default prompt answers instead of the current prompt answers in MicroStrategy Mobile 9. Run the report and your default prompt answer will be saved. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. 1. 9 and 10. x URL API Using the MicroStrategy Web URL API, it is possible to execute a report services document and indicate that the default prompt answers be used automatically. The filter panel prompts will show a blank screen. How to Execute a Prompted Report Services Document and Automatically Use the Default Prompt Answers using the MicroStrategy Web 8. Filename. ; To determine whether users. You must perform the following general steps to add a prompt to a document: 1. User can change the macro settings to change the auto-text display behavior as follows: (Prompt name: TEST日期, Attribute: Day) In editor mode, right click the auto-text {&Prompt1&} and choose 'Report Details Properties'. Go to the preferences page. 1 and 10. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 10. 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. In MicroStrategy Web 10. When you execute the document, the. The Document Properties dialog box opens. Personal answers are saved for each prompt and each user, but they can be used on different reports. Up and down arrows rearrange the display order of the selected default prompt answer. Execute a report that already contains a prompt that is using a Default personal prompt answer. In the layout tab, click "Allow multiple selections". Export Report Title: Selected by default. Go to the Data menu and select Re-prompt. Then click "Run Report". The Export Reports preferences page opens. After the prompts are answered, the document executes and displays the information according to the answers. If the target prompt does not have a default answer, the Empty answer method is used. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Subscribe to Email dialog box. 'Display the default page. You can create a stand-alone prompt, or you can create a prompt that is embedded in a filter. For steps, see the Basic Reporting Guide. MicroStrategy has partnered with MobileIron to add an extra layer of security to MicroStrategy Mobile applications running on iOS devices. This feature is only implemented for element list prompts. The reuse property of the prompt answer. 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. Excel: This allows the user to export the document to Microsoft Excel in . If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. and click Save to return to MicroStrategy Developer. You can specify a minimum value even if you do not specify a maximum value. opReuse. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. In above example the default prompt answers of the underlying dataset of the document remain and are the one that are displayed. 4. However, before changing the way MicroStrategy Web products look or behave, it is helpful to understand how the application is built. Execute the report to see the prompt again. 4. Execute one of the following options: To specify default prompt answers, click on 'Add'. The Save As dialog box is displayed. To save the report. WebObjectSource wos = webObjectFactory. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. You can leave this. Create an integrity test. Determine whether users can save and reuse their prompt answers, and if so, how many prompt answers they. When the report is run, the. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. The prompt is answered by the default prompt answer for the prompt in the target report. x. Create a report with Customer Age in the rows and the prompt created above in the report filter. Select ‘Between’ of Operator and configure the default values and click ‘OK’. 43K. 1 - Answers all required prompts and optional prompts with default answers. Create a new search object. The 'Choose a Prompt Style' dialog box opens. 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. "System Prompt" is a system object that was introduced back in version 8. Add the prompt to the local Report Filter area. Set a default value for both prompts. For each prompt in the target (the report or document being executed from the link), you must select a prompt answer method, which is how to answer the prompt. Create a threshold using this metric to. Add a filter on the Day attribute with the operator between and set a date prompt for both the start date and end date. The impact is limited to MicroStrategy office. 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. Select the prompt to modify and click the up or down arrows to change its order. He can save his changes as a new. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. An unused prompt occurs when you drill on a report that contains a prompt. Right-click the report and select Add Prompt to Filter. Type SQL statement and insert Call Center Prompt created in the previous step. Export Page-By Information: Selected by default. It is possible to programmatically export a document containing default prompt answers to a Microsoft Excel file using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9. Select Any other prompts to configure a default "Answer prompt" option for any additional prompts added to the target dossier in the future. . 5. Community & Support Search Discussions Open A Case View My CasesCAUSE: This has been clasified as a defect in MicroStrategy Web 9. The metric, 'Prompt answer' will display the prompt. Right-click oivmCustomPrompt and choose Create new JavaScript. The objects are added to the default prompt answer table, with standard filtering and grouping. x-10. Save the prompt as "Call Center Prompt". If the prompt answer is invalid, no data is returned. Select the 'Choose default prompt answers' option on this screen. Execute one of the following options: To specify default prompt answers, click on 'Add'. Step through the Integrity Manager Wizard and enter the information required on each page. To include the report in the email, select Data in email. The resolution server will go through the prompt as following sequence: document level, dataset level, prompt level. The steps below illustrate how to create a report where users can prompt for threshold values in MicroStrategy Deveoper 10. Your default personal prompt answer will automatically be selected as your prompt answer. Dim answer As String. The Default Prompt Value page opens. Right click on your drop down selector and choose Properties and Formatting. MicroStrategy Web (. In the Advanced Prompt Options dialog box, select or clear the check box to enable or disable a type of prompt resolution logic. 8. If it does, the. Click Save. Remove the variable if you want to disable this function later. 2 - Closes all optional prompts with an empty answer. 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. On the upper right of any page, click your user name, and then select Preferences from the drop-down list. Select the personal answer to rename, then click the Rename icon . Dossiers with MicroStrategy 10. As mentioned in Stage 2, Integrity Manager starts with the answer file, as long as you set an "MSTR_PROMPT_FILE" environment variable. If you require an answer, it is a good idea to also provide a default answer, otherwise a subscription to this report will fail. Level Prompts. x. out. Create the Filter. 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. You can also set a default prompt answer, which allows the user to complete report execution quickly, as they do not need to answer the prompt but can. When you create a prompt, you can allow no, one, or. xml under WEB. KB46695: In MicroStrategy Web, default prompt answers continue to be displayed after saving a. KB442018: In MicroStrategy 10. The option is now displayed. Set up the new search and define the object type. 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. Item(1) 'Create the prompt answer list object and populate it with the elements from the filtered list of elements, oElements answerList = oPrompt. You can use the URL API to pass certain types of prompt answers to the page being executed. Then it presents this data to the administrators, developers, and analysts to help them optimize the performance of. 4. How to create a filter definition prompt in MicroStrategy DeveloperThe next time the report is run, the saved answers will automatically be used to answer the prompts and run the report. 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. Choose Answer Dynamically from the drop-down list under Select Prompt Answer Method. This is fixed in MicroStrategy Mobile application 10 for iOSIn MicroStrategy 10. Below are instructions to achieve this in a Report Services Document. Navigate to a prompted report and click Insert. If the New Filter dialog box is displayed, click the Empty Filter icon. If the prompt answer is invalid, no data is returned. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. Save them as a personal answer, naming it Southern Regions. Users can save prompt answers without having to save the report itself. Full name (not MicroStrategy Developer login) of the user executing the report. See the links below for steps to. Dim reportLocation As reportLocation. A prompt allows a user to provide an answer to restrict or filter data during report execution. The following procedure describes how to create a dynamic date filter based off of a prompt answer. 2. To specify a default prompt answer. ; In Answer restrictions, set the minimum and maximum values that can be entered by the user. An Attribute Qualification prompt can be used in an Attribute form qualification. x, the prompt on the document displays the default answers even though the user has selected prompt answers in the distribution list. Set the maximum and/or minimum number of prompt answers. Now offering. You have now selected your prompt answer. To do this, you can switch to PDF View, which opens the Prompt Answer Wizard. Step 1. " Click OK. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. Click Cancel, then return to Design View. x. After the document is exported, the content of the document is displayed using the default settings in Microsoft Excel. getObjectSource();The default footer size is 5. . You can add more default prompt answers by clicking Modify, which opens the Select Objects dialog box so you can select additional objects. Add the following filter to any report where the user wants to choose a set of values to qualify on the attribute. Open the new dashboard the prompt is not encountered as expected. 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). Please refer to TN 30086 for generating prompt answers in XML format using MicroStrategy Office 8. Step 4: The report may look like this:. Below is a screenshot of the MicroStrategy Web and PDF export with the 'Remove Extra Column' set to unchecked, notice how they both display the 'Metrics'. To Answer a Prompt by Defining a Filter Based on an Attribute. 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. Description If you do not want to customize prompt answers when running a test on a prompted report in Integrity Manager, it will use any of the following methods to resolve. From the Home menu, select Export. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. In the Web Options window under Expression Properties, set the Default Qualification Type to "Select" and the Default Operator to "In List. Click Next and for the Select Default Prompt Qualifications, click the Add button. Target. For a more detailed explanation of the Empty answer prompt answer method, including samples, see the Linking Reports and Documents chapter in the Advanced Reporting Help. Value Prompt. 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 --. 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. 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. In the Recipients Browser Dialog Box, select one or more contacts. Click the name of the prompt to open it. The demo is introducing the structure but you can get very creative with these URLs. Save the prompt as "Call Center Prompt". Click More Options. Select a default project drill map or click Clear to remove the default drill map from the field. Enter these numbers in the Minimum number of answers and Maximum number of answers fields. To delete the selected default prompt answer, click Remove. Cache status: Displays whether the report used a cached set of data for its results. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. The prompt is not answered. Click the General tab. It allows the caller to provide a list of attribute elements from which a selection is made. You can now add the prompted filter to any report. In above example the default prompt answers of the underlying dataset of the document remain and are the one that are displayed. ) Step 2. Report Viewer menu bar options: Data menu. In MicroStrategy Web, there is a option in sys_defaults. 94K KB46695: In MicroStrategy Web, default prompt answers continue to be displayed after saving a document with the "Display p…Advanced Prompts: Enabling User Input. From the toolbar, select Run. The 'Select Objects' dialog box opens. Click on 'Modify' to determine how the prompt will appear in MicroStrategy Web. 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. By default, the General preferences page is displayed. The "One month" prompt used in the above example permits exactly one answer. x, it is possible to programmatically create subscriptions for report and documents, answer prompts and save the subscriptions as personalized. 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. From the Personal answers allowed drop-down, select one of the following: To disable personal answers, select None. To create a Metric Qualification prompt. Prepare file with the answers. x users have the ability to save their prompt answers. An Attribute Qualification prompt can be used in an Attribute form qualification. x This code utilizes the M5TYPLIB. Minimum number of qualifications – set the minimum number of answers required for this prompt 5. A possible workaround is to select the default prompt answer from MicroStrategy Developer. In the warehouse change the attribute ID from `Books` = 1 to `Books' = 2. Any report can contain prompts. Include a preselected answer for the prompt; Set options for personal response. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. By default, MicroStrategy merges related security filters with OR and unrelated security filters with. Update application badge with the value of this metric: Select this option to update the badge next to the. Click Next. The value prompt is designed to return report results based on the data type assigned to the data in your data source. Maximum number of qualifications – set the maximum number of answers required for this prompt 6. To Answer a Prompt by Selecting Answers From a List. Prior to MicroStrategy Update ONE Update 11, this field was named Use the selected objects as the answer. In MicroStrategy Tutorial: Create a target document. For steps to include a prompt on a report, see Reports: Adding prompts to a report, metric,. KB31103: How to manage Prompt Answer objects in MicroStrategy Developer 9. To delete all the default prompt answers, click Clear. Set Freeform SQL and MDX objects default security. Under Export Header and Footer section, click the Edit Custom Settings button. Click the a|b button to rename the selected answer or click the X button to delete the. Select a prompt style and click on 'OK. The following code can be used to change/update the default answer of all attribute element prompts based on the same attribute. promptAnswerMode *. A solution/code fix for this issue is available starting in version 10. DssXmlExecutionDefaultPrompt on WebReportSource object, as shown below: Using prompts in documents. In the Name box, enter a meaningful name for your saved prompt answer. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. For example, you want a report that lists all employees whose age. The logic that allows for handling of prompt answers causes it to use explicit answers in all situations preventing just using the default as picked up from the prompt object dynamically. dll for COM development (located in the Program Files/Common Files/MicroStrategy folder) on the Windows Environment. Community & Support Search Discussions Open A Case View My CasesKB32838: How to create a dynamic date filter based off a prompt answer instead of "Today's" date in MicroStrategy Develope… Number of Views 2. To answer only the required prompts with the default answers when all prompts are provided with default answers, follow the following logic. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. 11) Open the same Report in MicroStrategy Web and choose "Books" as the prompt answer. The user is asked during the report resolution phase of report execution to provide an answer to complete the information. The New Prompt page opens. both the report designer needs to remove '% and %' surrounding the text prompt, and the user needs to supply the % signs in the prompt answers. If you created a new dossier, you must save the dossier before adding an existing dataset. Have the report with the proper prompt answer delivered to your user every morning (or when you want). 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. 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. You can create a stand-alone prompt, or you can create a prompt that is embedded in a filter. Enabled by default, the Enable caching for prompted reports and documents setting controls whether prompted reports and documents are cached. This is due to the date value prompt having a default value set as a dynamic date when created from MicroStrategy Developer. Choose one of the following options: List all elements (no restriction): This option displays all of the attribute's elements to the user when he is answering the prompt. Prompted reports use previous answers as default in MicroStrategy Web 9. Refresh. The Attribute element prompt is the most restrictive, allowing users to choose from the fewest number of attribute elements to define their filter criteria. 2. Answer the prompts and execute the report. Select Filter definition prompt -> Choose from an attribute element list as shown below. In the Options dialog, open the General -> Diagnostics folder. For this example the prompt on the Year attribute contains a default personal prompt answer of 2006. For steps to specify default prompt answers, see How to Determine If a Report Uses Default Prompt Answers. Save and close this filter. X. Create a Report Services document that uses the Freeform SQL report created in step 1. Save and run the report. 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. Right-click the text box and choose the Edit Links option. This is a filter which contains a prompt on an attribute element list. The Advanced Options for Exporting to Excel dialog box contains the following sections: This dialog box is accessed from the My Preferences dialog box ( My Preferences: Export category ), and these default settings are applied to all reports in a project. How to Change the Default Saved Prompt Answer in MicroStrategy How to Rename or Delete Saved Prompt Answers in MicroStrategy How to Use Saved Prompt Answers in MicroStrategy How to Use Hierarchy Prompts in MicroStrategy How to Save Your Personal Prompt Answers in MicroStrategy. Depending on the configuration of the prompt the user can store one or more prompts answers for use. 4. Renaming a Prompted ReportAs of MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 8. You can set this personal answer as the default, so that it displays when you are presented with this prompt again, either on this report or another. The current prompt answers are used from now on. 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. Create a filter on the date attribute. 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. However, if users save with 'Prompts' option, then when the report is re-run, users will be prompted again to select the Attribute Elements. 4. To use the prompt answers as default prompt answers, select the Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answers checkbox. Method 1: Using the auto text “Prompt Details” Edit the document and go to Insert-> Auto text-> Prompt Details. If you created a new dossier, you must save the dossier before adding an existing dataset. 1. In the Advanced Prompt Options dialog box, select or clear the check box to enable or disable a type of prompt resolution logic. Single: Only one personal answer can be saved for this prompt. Execute the report Specify the type of value prompt to be used (in this example, a text prompt is used) as shown below: It is recommended to choose a default value. SUMMARY: In MicroStrategy Web SDK 10. A screenshot of the report is shown below: 2. Upgrade the metadata to a newer MicroStrategy version. Click. Dim config As ConfigOptions. Yes: No: The report is not executed. Dim prompts As prompts. This happened with the introduction of support for creating subscriptions of prompted reports with answers as a new feature in 9. 0. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. ) Step 2. This method answers the target prompt with a list of elements. (See How to Save Your Personal Prompt Answers in MicroStrategy for more information. 1. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answer is displayed. Then, specify the expression used to answer the prompt. From Preferences, enable the option "Show options when exporting", like shown below. No prompt answer is provided from the source and the user is not prompted to provide an answer. From the Personal answers allowed drop-down, select one of the following:. Thereafter, click "Apply" and the default prompt answer will be passed (not the empty prompt answer)Parameters Description; General Parameters. 2. View the dossier in Presentation Mode. KB18540: How to automatically answer nested prompts in. You can determine whether to have prompts in a report automatically answered when the report is run, using default prompt answers. If the prompt is required, the prompt is still executed when a user clicks this link, since a prompt answer must be. See Using the URL API to Access a MicroStrategy Web Page topic for instructions on how to access both out-of. Click Up or Down to move selected entries in the list. KB13460: How to disassociate dependency between a prompt object and a Report Services document after the prompt has been removed from the data set report in MicroStrategy Developer 10. 4Watch free 3-5 minutes tutorial videos, with subtitles available in 9 languages, to build product fluency! Start learning. 2. Put this Prompt inside a metric, as shown below: Create a report and put this metric in the Report objects window. In the. In the folder defined in Step 1, find the prompt answer file. Click Export. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. To create a dynamic date based on a prompt answer. Create a new search object. Dim prompt As prompt. 3. It will not indicate that the check box is enabled, but this step is mandatory. Click Create on any page, point to New Prompt, and select Metric Qualification Prompt. The saved prompt answer is associated with your account and will be applied to all reports that use this prompt. By designing dossiers with prompted datasets, end users will now be able to proactively limit the data load prior to running a dossier. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. The New Prompt page opens. (See How to Use Hierarchy Prompts in MicroStrategy for more information. If you select Prompt answer required without providing default answers, the report cannot execute on a schedule. Find detailed answers to your support questions for your Western Digital, SanDisk, WD_BLACK, or WD storage product. No prompt answer is provided from the source and the user is not prompted to provide an answer. The Available area on the left displays the items that belong to the attribute you chose for this prompt. The Attribute element prompt is the most restrictive, allowing users to choose from the fewest number of attribute elements to define their filter criteria. x and 10. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answers are available. The 'Select Objects' dialog box opens. xls, . Version 2021To create an object prompt. 4. As mentioned in Stage 2, Integrity Manager starts with the answer file, as long as you set an "MSTR_PROMPT_FILE" environment variable. 1. 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. Remove the variable if you want to disable this function later. 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. 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. Stage 3: Run a test in Integrity Manager and check the prompt answer source in the result details. Click the General tab. The Properties dialog box opens. You do not have to save the report to save a personal answer; the personal answer is saved automatically when one of the check boxes above is selected. xml, as well as the Event Handlers Reference. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answer is displayed. 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. Select the prompt created in the step 1, click on the drop-down list right below and see following available options: - Use Default Answer. Single: Only one personal answer can be saved for this prompt. Click 'OK'. 1.