The attribute element prompt is one of the most commonly used prompt types. On the Welcome page, select Value prompt, then click Next. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. These default answers can be used to resolve the prompt. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. 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. Place only the lowest level filter in the filter section of the report. x. A screenshot of the report is shown below: 2. 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. The resolution server will go through the prompt as following sequence: document level, dataset level, prompt level. For steps, see the Basic Reporting Guide. 4. To use the fonts chosen by the report or document designer, select the Embed fonts checkbox. When running certain prompt types in MicroStrategy Web 9. Select a list of attributes as the default prompt answer, as shown below: Create a new report and place the prompt created above into the report filter. The default prompt answer is always displayed when a value prompt is used, even if the default prompt answer was cleared and then the report is reprompted. It is possible to programmatically export a document containing default prompt answers to a Microsoft Excel file using the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server SDK 9. Single: Only one personal answer can be saved for this prompt. This knowledge base article describes an identified defect specific to MicroStrategy 10. Export Page-By Information: Selected by default. A prompt is a question presented to the user who runs the report. Select the prompt to modify and click the up or down arrows to change its order. Open a prompted report. The object can be found under Public Objects > Prompts > System prompts, as shown below: Unlike ordinary prompt objects, system prompts don't require any answers from the user. Hierarchy prompted reports show the default prompt answers instead of the current prompt answers in MicroStrategy Mobile 9. This article also provides a solution to avoid this behavior. Step 2. Right-click oivmCustomPrompt and choose Create new JavaScript. Using the MicroStrategy Java Web SDK 9. 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. 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. If you require an answer, it is a good idea to also provide a default answer, otherwise a subscription to this report will fail. The filter panel prompts will show a blank screen. 4. /splunk clean userdata -f Recreate the default admin account. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answers are available. Sub Button_Answer_Prompt () Dim PSName, prjName, reportID As String. No. Once you have finished. On the left, select Export Reports. The prompts, which contain the default answers, are displayed as in any standard MicroStrategy report. Go to the preferences page. Create a FreeForm SQL Report and add this nested. Dim simpleprompt As PromptSimple. Create a date prompt to accept the date. Execute one of the following options: To specify default prompt answers, click on 'Add'. Select the Save as prompted and Filter and template will be prompted radio buttons and the Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answers. Click the Re-Prompt button. Execute a report that already contains a prompt that is using a Default personal prompt answer. Under Export Header and Footer section, click the Edit Custom Settings button. This is fixed in MicroStrategy Mobile application 10 for iOSIn MicroStrategy 10. STEPS TO REPRODUCE: In MicroStrategy Desktop, create an attribute prompt on the Day attribute. Update application badge with the value of this metric: Select this option to update the badge next to the. Prompts are a platform capability of MicroStrategy that refine the data displayed in reports, documents, and dossiers. In the Data Source dialog, select Reports. If you. It collects real-time data (also known as telemetry) which is generated by different components of the MicroStrategy platform like the Intelligence Server. Yes: No: The report is not executed. Prepare file with the answers. In the layout tab, click "Allow multiple selections". To create a Metric Qualification prompt. Metric details: Display the names of the objects on the report and the definitions of the metrics on the report. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. Navigate to Document Properties. Select "Project Defaults" on the left side. Click More Options. Click Modify to open the Properties dialog box: Security tab. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 9. The Save As dialog box is displayed. Make sure that the "Enable report server caching" is checked. 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. 1. xls format. Reselect the prompt answers and then save and close the report once it has run. 1, users can specify prompt answers at the report level by saving the prompts as default answers in MicroStrategy Developer or Web. 94K KB46695: In MicroStrategy Web, default prompt answers continue to be displayed after saving a document with the "Display p…To create an object prompt. Value prompts (available only in MicroStrategy Web) The object selected in the source (for example, the attribute element that the user clicked on) Empty answer. 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. Dim prompt As prompt. Step 4. The report presents a prompt with a list of choices you can choose to define the data that is displayed on the report. By default, the first prompt from your prompted dossier is selected. If the New Filter dialog box is displayed, click the Empty Filter icon. The demo is introducing the structure but you can get very creative with these URLs. Click Next and for the Select Default Prompt Qualifications, click the Add button. Click "Data" on the toolbar and the click "Sort. Continue to explore the two approaches to find a method that works for you. Minimum number of qualifications – set the minimum number of answers required for this prompt 5. 11 will support prompts for end users. Whenever a Freeform SQL report is created, a shortcut is placed in that schema folder by default. He can save his changes as a new. Click it to select additional default answers. Method 1: Using the auto text “Prompt Details” Edit the document and go to Insert-> Auto text-> Prompt Details. Click Add, select the elements, then click OK. As mentioned in Stage 2, Integrity Manager starts with the answer file, as long as you set an "MSTR_PROMPT_FILE" environment variable. Click More Options. 1. Full control. Clear the prompt answers, and replace them with Central. For an introduction to prompts, how prompts save the report designer time, and how prompts work with MicroStrategy security filters, see the. The current prompt answers are used from now on. When the prompt is used again (on this report or a different one), the personal answer is displayed. 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. Set this personal answer as the default (select the Set as default checkbox). The prompt object is incomplete by design. 4. In MicroStrategy Web, create a prompted report. 4. From the Home menu, select Export. Select the Save this answer when report is. The reuse property of the prompt answer. If there is no prompt answers in all levels, there will be no default answers displayed. Use the same answer from the source prompt; Use the default answer; Ignore the prompt; Click Save. Dim answer As String. Create the Filter. To delete. In the Run Modes area, select the format (s) in which the document can be exported: •. By default, this executable is located in C:Program FilesMicroStrategyIntegrity Manager. ) icon. The General Information page opens. 1. 3. Target. 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. When you select the Empty answer method, the prompt in the target report or document is ignored. Click Next. Use a pre-defined list of elements: This option lets you select specific attribute elements to display to the user. Article outlines how Prompt resolution works in MicroStrategy Integrity ManagerInclude the prompt in a report. Click on 'Modify' to determine how the prompt will appear in MicroStrategy Web. It's ok if there is already a prompt answer in the collection that corresponds to the same prompt but there can only be one prompt answer per prompt that is designated as the default answer. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. Select different prompt answers such as with Year 2008 and 2009. Ignoring Target Prompts: Using the Empty Answer Method. 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. Choose Value prompt -> Text prompt. x: From the Prompt Generation Wizard, select the 'Filter definition prompt' radio button, then select 'Choose from attribute element list' as shown. Create an integrity test. Users can save prompt answers without having to save the report itself. Step 1. No prompt answer is provided to the target and the user is not prompted, either. To create a list of attribute elements from which users can choose, select Use a predefined list of elements. To create a Metric Qualification prompt. Prior to MicroStrategy Update ONE Update 11, this field was named Use the selected objects as the answer. A comprehensive list of event names and IDs can be found in events. Create and save the prompt. Any report can contain prompts. This method is the default member of the collection. 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. The impact is limited to MicroStrategy office. Leave the rest by default and save it. The. You have now selected your prompt answer. To get a sneak-peak of new functionalities. A prompt is created that lists all the project's reports when the report is run, with the selected report as the. Open a dossier in MicroStrategy 2019 Update 2 or newer. The default levels that you define here are displayed when the prompt is executed. For example, the user can answer the Northeast region or 2002, and the appropriate data is returned from the data warehouse. It will prompt for Country, Region and Call Center one by one in different pages. Refresh. Create the Filter. Create a report with Customer Age in the rows and the prompt created above in the report filter. To rearrange the display order, select the object to move and click the Up or Down arrow. The metric(s) you choose for the prompt do not have to appear on the report. x - 10. 1, duplicate emails a…In MicroStrategy 9. Steps to order prompts in reports. Create a FreeForm SQL Report and add this nested prompt into it. Select the Keep report prompted checkbox. 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. x: To modify this information on the prompt page, edit PromptObjectLayout. Any report can contain prompts. The following procedure describes how to achieve this: Create the highest level filter. The Prompt Ordering dialog box opens. The metric can show only value prompt answers. In MicroStrategy Tutorial: Create a target document. Therefore, prompts allow report designers to create reports that let users change the report content at run. Remove deletes the selected default prompt answer. ). Depending on the answers the user provides, the report brings back and displays different data from your data source. Configure how Integrity Manager Answers Prompted Reports. getID()); return. Keep the default value for the end. Item(1) 'Create the prompt answer list object and populate it with the elements from the filtered list of elements, oElements answerList = oPrompt. In this sample code, a search is performed on all reports to find a specific string in the default answer of an expression prompt. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. Create a new search object. 3. Send (drop-down list): select how the report is included in the email. Single: Only one personal answer can be saved for this prompt. The prompt is answered by the default prompt answer for the prompt in the target. Click Modify to open the Properties dialog box: Security tab. Prompts in a document provide rich interactivity, allowing each user to display the data relevant to him. Click the Load Answers folder icon, then click More Options… at the bottom of the pop-up window. Users can follow the below steps to enable caching for prompted reports: Right click on the project and open the Project Configuration editor. Click More Options. During the “run document” request, the document will be executed in a full flow and, since there is already a default answer, users will not be prompted. The New Prompt page opens. When trying to select default prompt answers for a new prompt object, the following error message appears in MicroStrategy Desktop 9. 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 --. Click. No. To delete the selected default prompt answer, click Remove. On the General tab, click Format in the Report Details Properties area. Selecting a data point acts as a prompt answer. KB18540: How to automatically answer nested prompts in. Default object answer: A prompted report can have two possible default answer, a default. If this style of placeholder refers to an element list prompt, MicroStrategy SQL Generation Engine will continue to substitute the entire in-list condition. config. The New Prompt page opens. 1. To confirm if the blank selector is tied to an invalid warehouse element, users can search the Definition XML file in the Flash debugger window (CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + D) for the previous attribute. Remove deletes the selected level. With Navigation Bar: Without Navigation Bar: enableCollab – If the value is set to false, the Collaboration. The example given will allow you to select a date, and the report will bring back all dates between the date selected and 1 month before. 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. ) Step 2. Determine whether the prompt has a default answer already provided. Yes. When you create a prompt, you can allow no, one, or. 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. handleDefaultRequest(keys); default: System. 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. 0 Command Manager, users may try to execute a script such as the following: TRIGGER ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR DELIVERYTYPE EMAIL FOR PROJECT "MicroStrategy Tutorial"; MicroStrategy Command Manager may return the following error: Unable to find answer for prompt ‘Select a Category’. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. 2 - Closes all optional prompts with an empty answer. To use the prompt answers as default prompt answers, select the Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answers checkbox. Re-execute the report. Suppose a user has a numeric value prompt embedded. If an answer is required, a report with this prompt cannot be executed until an. However, before changing the way MicroStrategy Web products look or behave, it is helpful to understand how the application is built. From the Home menu, select Export, and then select one of the following export formats: PDF: Export the report to an Adobe PDF file. 0 and higher,. Have the report with the proper prompt answer delivered to your user every morning (or when you want). The value prompt is designed to return report results based on the data type assigned to the data in your data source. Execute a report that already contains a prompt that is using a Default personal prompt answer. You can only use objects of one type in an object prompt. Click the name of the prompted report or document to run it. Users need to read and follow the 3 important notes as condition to workaround. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. From the Answer prompt drop-down, select how your selected prompt is answered. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an. About prompts. You can leave this. The prompt is not answered. 6. (Highly recommend for understanding your exported data). The New Prompt page opens. xml to change this default behavior. Optional: Select the Save this answer when the report is run checkbox. Maximum number of qualifications – set the maximum number of answers required for this prompt 6. Choose the option to create a 'Value prompt' in the Prompt Generation Wizard and click on 'Next', as shown below: Choose 'Date prompt' and click on 'Next'. 2. The prompt selection page will not be displayed to users. For information on how required prompt answers, default answers, and schedules interact, see Prompts in scheduled reports. It will not indicate that the check box is enabled, but this step is mandatory. "System Prompt" is a system object that was introduced back in version 8. Make sure to start the search from the root folder and to select "Include subfolders". Select the users or groups that you want to add to the object's ACL. Click the a|b button to rename the selected answer or click the X button to delete the. 1, users can specify prompt answers at the report level by saving the prompts as default answers in MicroStrategy Developer or Web. Hierarchy prompted reports show the default prompt answers instead of the current prompt answers in MicroStrategy Mobile 9. 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. 4. Execute the reportSpecify 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. Why MicroStrategy Why MicroStrategy; Customer Stories; Platform4. Open a dataset/dossier with the feature to upload answers from files. Here is a sample workflow for using REST APIs to answer prompts: Create an instance of a dossier, document or report. x-10. WebObjectSource wos = webObjectFactory. "The prompt is ignored; the report is not filtered by the prompt. Set up the new search and define the object type. ACTION. Select Prompt Settings page > Advanced Options. (See How to Save Your Personal Prompt Answers in MicroStrategy for more information. 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. 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. 4. txt), uploaded values should be separated with ;. Save the prompt as "Call Center Prompt". From the Personal answers allowed drop-down, select one of the following:. Select the Prompt answer is required check box. A prompt is a question the system presents to a user when a report is executed. In the source dossier, hover over a data point in the visualization and click the tooltip. Create the date prompt. KB287356: Unchecking 'Set the current prompt answers to be the default prompt answer' does not clear the default prompt an… Number of Views 2. Use a pre-defined list of elements: This option lets you select specific attribute elements to display to the user. 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. 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 resolution server will go through the prompt as following sequence: document level, dataset level, prompt level. He can save his changes as a new. Open the static report in Design View mode. For this example the prompt on the Year attribute contains a default personal prompt answer of 2006. x-10. x will use the saved default prompt answers when executing the report. 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). The Available area on the left displays the items that belong to the attribute you chose for this prompt. If the target prompt does not have a default answer, the Empty answer method is used. promptAnswerMode *. The prompt answer is stored in the IS tables ( Prompt answers are stored in stg_is_pr_ans_stats and dataload moves it into is_pr_ans_stats). In an environment where the majority of reports are prompted and each prompt is likely to receive a different answer each time it is used, the probability of matching an existing cache is low. Choose one of the following: Prompt user. Empty answer. In the Web Options window under Expression Properties, set the Default Qualification Type to "Select" and the Default Operator to "In List. 2. 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. 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. Dim reportLocation As reportLocation. MicroStrategy Integrity Manager 10. After the prompts are answered, the document executes and displays the information according to the answers. 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). Set the maximum and/or minimum number of prompt answers allowed, if desired. Answer the prompts and execute the report. Subscribe the prompt answers. The Attribute element prompt is the most restrictive, allowing users to choose from the fewest number of attribute elements to define their filter criteria. Click Cancel, then return to Design View. Step 1 Select your prompt answer from the left-side box to the right-side box. Insert a "Blank Dashboard" layout. 3. A user can keep the personal answer, or add or delete selections. Set the default run mode to be "Export to Excel", like shown below. 9 and 10. Since the second prompt is optional, make the related SQL query dependent on the. Configure how Integrity Manager Answers Prompted Reports. Resolve(oRepInst. Set the prompt's default answers to Books & Electronics. Dim answerString As String. 3. Execute the report to see the prompt again. Level Prompts. Payroll Year Prompt Default Prompt Answers For some prompts, a commonly used answer will automatically be provided as a default. Once you have finished renaming personal answers and. No prompt answer is provided from the source and the user is not prompted to provide an answer. How to Execute a Prompted Report Services Document and Automatically Use the Default Prompt Answers using the MicroStrategy Web 8. Any prompts with personal answers saved for the login using Integrity Manager can be resolved using those personal answers. Export filter details: Select this option to include the report’s filter details. 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. The resolution server will go through the prompt as following sequence: document level, dataset level, prompt level. Now offering. The default prompt answer can be found at the bottom of the value prompt if the prompt has a default answer in MicroStrategy Web Universal 8. Users can store prompt answers and use them the next time they execute a report or define them as the default answer. Right-click the text box and choose the Edit Links option. If you are creating a prompted filter, you are returned to the Filter Editor after you click Finish. When you run the. Enabled by default, the Enable caching for prompted reports and documents setting controls whether prompted reports and documents are cached. Community & Support Search Discussions Open A Case View My CasesCAUSE: This has been clasified as a defect in MicroStrategy Web 9. All Files; Submit Search. Click. 2. Click Create on any page, point to New Prompt, and select Metric Qualification Prompt. 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. If you. x: "Filtered element. For example, you can define a prompt as: 'Choose from a list of elements in Month'. The prompt selection page will not be displayed to users. By default, the link is named Link1. DssXmlExecutionDefaultPrompt on WebReportSource object, as shown below: Using prompts in documents. 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 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. The saved prompt answer is associated with your account and will be applied to all reports that use this prompt. Enter a new name for the personal answer and click OK. For filters in the filter panel, after the dynamic default selection is defined, an icon and text ('First N'/'Last N') appear indicating dynamic selection is ON. Often, the default prompt answers made available to end users change.