Hello! I used this document http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/dm/cognos/reporting/workshops/report_studio_workshop_-_tabbed_prompt_report.pdf (http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/dm/cognos/reporting/workshops/report_studio_workshop_-_tabbed_prompt_report.pdf)
and created a tabbed prompt just like the example. It pops back and forth from one tab to the other just fine.
I added a value prompt to Tab1 (A) and two value prompts to Tab2 (B and C). "A" auto-submits and cascades to "B", and "B" auto-submits and cascades to "C". After "C", the user would click 'Finish'.
I make a selection in "A" on Tab1, and then go to "B" on Tab2, everything appears as expected. When I make a selection in "B", it takes me back to Tab1 to re-select a value in "A". Only then can I return to Tab2 to see the correct display of "C".
How can I make a selection in "B" and simply have the data flow through to "C" without having to return to "A" first.
I apologize if that is confusing.
I ran into the same issue and was able to solve the problem by adding the p_pTabToShow variable to each conditional block instead of globally in the report header (see page 10 of the PDF document). I customized the variable in each block to read similar to this:
Block 1:
<input type="hidden" name="p_pTabToShow" value="Tab1"/>
Block 2:
<input type="hidden" name="p_pTabToShow" value="Tab2"/>
Block 3:
<input type="hidden" name="p_pTabToShow" value="Tab3"/>
If you define the cascading prompts within the same block, the block stays active without any additional coding needed.
Hope this helps.