Multiple Prompt Pages

[bloggerman]

I have never had a requirement to use multiple prompt pages. All my prompts till now have been handled in one page. I was though wondering in what scenarios would multiple prompt pages be a good choice. Some that i can think of are as below

1) If one has too many prompts, rendering of prompt page would be faster if split between two pages.
2) If one has too many prompts, then all might not fit on one page

Please correct if my above assumptions are incorrect or if there are more or better reasons.

[CognosPaul]

Personally I dislike having multiple prompt pages. Generally if there are too many prompts for a single page, I use buttons to toggle specific divs. The only time I do have multiple prompt pages is when the actual structure of the prompt page needs to be changed based on the previous selections. Even then, an autosubmit prompt with a conditional block tends to work very well.

[bloggerman]

Thanks. Any specific reason why you don't prefer it.

[CognosPaul]

I prefer a single page simply because I dislike the time it takes to render the second prompt page. I'd prefer the user to wait an extra second for all of the prompts to be loaded in hidden divs that can be rendered with instantly with javascript.

[MFGF]

I have seen some fairly slick reports that use multiple prompt pages, but usually they have been aimed at high-level business users, and are presented in the form of a Wizard (eg Select a Year and click Next)...

Cheers!

MF.