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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Business Insight Advanced / Cognos Workspace Advanced => Topic started by: kgcognos on 31 Mar 2016 01:57:22 PM

Title: Filter on numeric data item
Post by: kgcognos on 31 Mar 2016 01:57:22 PM
For both filters below, the Condition is Show only the following specific values.
first filter is Customer Group (character field).
2nd filter is Year (numeric field).

When I run the report, The Customer Group filter is letting me select values from a list of customer groups.
But, Year filter is asking me to Enter a value then hit Insert to select instead of providing me valid years to select.
How can I set it up to show a list of years to select? 

I'm using framework manager Relational Package. 
 
Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: Filter on numeric data item
Post by: MFGF on 01 Apr 2016 04:18:45 AM
Quote from: kgcognos on 31 Mar 2016 01:57:22 PM
For both filters below, the Condition is Show only the following specific values.
first filter is Customer Group (character field).
2nd filter is Year (numeric field).

When I run the report, The Customer Group filter is letting me select values from a list of customer groups.
But, Year filter is asking me to Enter a value then hit Insert to select instead of providing me valid years to select.
How can I set it up to show a list of years to select? 

I'm using framework manager Relational Package. 
 
Thank you in advance.

Hi,

In Framework Manager, you can specify the type of prompt you want an item to generate. Find the item, and in properties, expand the "Prompt Info" section. You will see a property called "Prompt Type" which will currently be set to Server Determined. Change the value of this property to Select Value, then re-publish your package.

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: Filter on numeric data item
Post by: kgcognos on 01 Apr 2016 12:32:27 PM
I changed the Prompt Type to Select Value but it is still not showing available years. Could it be a bug??
I tried with Select with Tree and now it is showing the years. Thanks so much this will make it easier for users.