prompts

[system]

hello all,

i have an issue with prompts like…
in my report i have 2 columns state and population.and i have 50 states in state column.now i want to prompt the user to either pick any from the list or all(without selecting each state individually) from the list.

iam at bay…please anybody help me.

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goka (BOB member since 2010-05-25)

[system]

Hi,

These 2 Designer’s FAQs will help:

FAQ: Designer

Is there any way to set up a prompt that will allow a user to select one value, many values, or type ‘ALL’ for all values in a list? Yes. Below is a sample of the syntax required to allow a user to select one, many, or all values from a prompt. (@Select(Sales Geography\Country Group) IN @Prompt('Select Country Group or enter * for all groups','a','Sales Geography\Country Group',multi,free) ) OR ('*' in @Prompt('Select Country Group or enter * for all groups','a','Sales Geography\Co…

FAQ: Designer

Now that my LOV lets me use ALL for all values, how do I get the ALL in the list? Author: Dwayne Hoffpauir There are two approaches - overriding the LOV SQL, and creating a universe object. Overriding the LOV SQL Press the SQL button in the query panel of the LOV Add the phrase UNION SELECT ‘ALL’ FROM DUAL or similar dummy table for your particular database. For SQL Server (if you don’t care if the object parses or not) add SELECT xx From xx UNION SELECT ‘ALL’ (You don’t need a FRO…

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Marek Chladny (BOB member since 2003-11-27)

[system]

try:
(@Select(some map\object) IN @Prompt(‘01. xxxx use ctl for multiple or % for all)’,‘A’, ‘some map\object’,multi,free) ) or ( ‘%’ in @Prompt(01. xxxx use ctl for multiple or % for all)’,‘A’, ‘some map\objetc’,multi,free) )
see also

FAQ: Designer

Is there any way to set up a prompt that will allow a user to select one value, many values, or type ‘ALL’ for all values in a list? Yes. Below is a sample of the syntax required to allow a user to select one, many, or all values from a prompt. (@Select(Sales Geography\Country Group) IN @Prompt('Select Country Group or enter * for all groups','a','Sales Geography\Country Group',multi,free) ) OR ('*' in @Prompt('Select Country Group or enter * for all groups','a','Sales Geography\Co…

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pijo (BOB member since 2009-08-13)

[system]

try this:

@Select(classname\object name) IN @Prompt (‘title for the prompt’,‘A’,‘classname\object name’,multi,free) OR ‘ALL’ IN @Prompt (‘title for the prompt’,‘A’,‘classname\object name’,multi,free)

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geethanjali (BOB member since 2010-06-07)