Analysis Prompt Navigation

JessicaWilson

Sorry for the newbie question - but I don't know how to search for this one and I'm not finding an answer by poking around the application.

I created an analysis with some column prompts.  I can open the analysis, select my prompts and the data is displayed as expected.  How do I go back to the prompt page and select new values?  So far, I'm just closing the analysis and re-opening it, but I can see that being annoying if a user has to do that mutiple times.

Hopefully there is some setting I've missed.

Version is:  Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.7.150120

Manoj Dixit

Your Analysis needs to be on a dashboard page. Then once it is run, the user can click Return where the prompts will be visible again.

Pedro F

Hi Jessica,

If I understood you correctly you've created some inline prompts in a report and what you described is the expected behaviour.

There is a difference between dashboard prompts and inline prompts and you're most likely looking for the 1st. Look this and you'll get a better understanding: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/bi.1111/e10544/prompts.htm#BEIBCJHC

Cheers,

Pedro

Manoj Dixit

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for marking my first reply as helpful. I feel, based on your question, it is technically a correct answer. Had your question been about differences between the two types of prompts, my first reply would not be the same.

Regards,

Manoj.

JessicaWilson

Sorry Manoj.  I felt the second answer was a bit more informative.  As a newbie struggling to get this stuff to work, your answer was just too vague.

Manoj Dixit

No problem. My reply was based on words like 'navigation', 'analysis with column prompts', 'go back to prompts page', etc. You can create Analyses with prompts and embed them within dashboards. Else, the option within an Analysis would have been meaningless. For  new comers, it helps to understand the concept.

I consider an Analysis with prompts like an Oracle PL/SQL package whose functions and procedures are not shared but still it exists and it's executed.

Standalone, easy to maintain, easy to secure, least impacted and easy to deploy. But it has drawbacks as well like creating prompts repeatatively if they are to be shared.

Good luck.

Edit: I am not suggesting any best practice, etc.. Just a few thoughts only.