Its urgent..

[findrabi]

What is generated prompt, generated variable and Text source variable......?Also their uses in Cognos 8

  plz send me the answer soon...

Rabi

[manishtirpude]

When you are not aware of which prompt type to use(like date prompt,value prompt,text box prompt) for a particular data item,then you just write an expression in the query
e.g.[Order method]=?Select Orders?.
So,when you will run the report,it will generate a prompt and asks you to chose order method using value prompt.
If [order method] is of type date,then date prompt will be generated.
This is known as generated prompt.