partial refresh

[TheDarkKnight]

Hi Friends,
i have a report page with two blocks.
One blosck contains 5 prompts [cascaded] and the other block contains the data container..a list.

When i select the parent prompt, due to cascade, the child prompt refreshes. but the data container also refreshes and provides for the parent prompt which i dont need.

so is it possible to limit the refresh only to prompt block..like only the prompts cascaded needs to get refreshed and not the whole page. cascading and autosubmit are must.

Once i have provided the req prompt values, then the data container should get refreshed for the provided inputs.till that time, the data container should display the last run data output..in the same report page.

Cheers
TDK

[MFGF]

Hi,

If memory serves, the 8.4 release introduced more efficient page refreshing to try to prevent this kind of unnecessary re-querying of data.  What version are you currently using?

MF.

[TheDarkKnight]

Hi MFGF,
Thanks for ur response. and sorry for the late reply.

anyway iam interested to know if there is any solution for this.

the version is 8.4

Cheers
Dinesh

[Sreeni P]

Hi MFGF ,
it sonds very intresting ...could u plese let me that how to solve this scenario using COG v8.4

[MFGF]

I don't have time to look right now, but I (think I) remember a property being introduced to each Query - something along the lines of "Use for Parameter" to allow you to specify which queries define the prompt(s).

When I get chance, I will dig further.

MF.

[rlp]

Sounds like you have your prompts on the main report page instead of in a separate prompt page.  I've handled situations like with a dedicated prompt page or using render variables to hide the data container until all required parameters are supplied.

MFGF is probably referring to the "Use for Parameter Info" flag.  It controls whether the query is scanned/analyzed for prompts when preparing to run a report.  If a report has lots of queries and prompts, setting this to "no" can help speed up the initial prompting on a report.