Analysis Prompt Navigation

Question

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 · Answer

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.

JessicaWilson · Answer

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 · Answer

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.