Do one of the following:
On the MicroStrategy Web home page, click Create Prompt. The Create Prompt page opens, with a list of the types of prompts you can create. Click Object.
From any folder page, click, the Create Prompt
icon on the menu.To create the list of objects from which the user can select
You can only use objects of one type in an object prompt. For example, you can include metrics or attributes in a single object prompt, but not both. To prompt for multiple object types in the same report, you must create an object prompt for each object type.
Choose one of the following options:
Use a predefined list of objects: Select this option to create a list of metrics or attributes from which users can choose. Click Add, select the objects, and click OK. To remove an object, highlight it and click Remove. To remove all items, click Clear.
Use the result of a search object: If you have previously created a search object, browse to and select the search object or specify the name of the search object. A search object searches for and displays specific project objects when the user executes the report. This lets you prompt the user with the most up-to-date objects in the project.
On the General tab, specify a title and description for the prompt in the Title and Instructions fields.
To restrict the number of prompt answers
To require users to answer the prompt before running the report, specify whether the prompt requires an answer. Select the Prompt answer is required check box. If you require an answer, it is a good idea to also provide a default answer, otherwise a subscription to this report will fail.
Set the maximum and/or minimum number of prompt answers allowed, if desired. Enter these numbers in the Minimum number of answers and Maximum number of answers fields.
Determine whether users can save and reuse their prompt answers, and if so, how many prompt answers they can save for the prompt. From the Personal answers allowed drop-down list, select one of the following:
None: This setting does not allow you to save and reuse prompt answers.
Single: This setting allows you to save and reuse only one prompt answer.
Multiple: This setting allows you to save multiple prompt answers.
To specify the layout and display style of the prompt
On the Style tab, from the Display style drop-down list, specify a presentation style, such as Check box, for the prompt. This is how the prompt is displayed to the user.
To ensure that the prompt's text fields and options are a fixed size, select the Fixed textbox width and/or Fixed textbox height check boxes, and specify the size of the prompt's text fields and options in the fields.
To determine how prompt options are arranged, from the Orientation drop-down list, select Vertical or Horizontal.
To determine the number of prompt answers displayed in a row or column (depending on alignment), enter a number in the Items per column/row field.
To determine whether to allow users to use a search box to locate prompt answers, from the Show search box drop-down list select FALSE or TRUE. Searching for objects allows analysts to quickly locate specific objects to use to answer the prompt.
If you are using the Shopping Cart display style, you can select the Use folder structure check box to display the prompt choices in a folder structure. This option, available for search objects only, is useful when the same object with the same name is saved in multiple folders. Use the up and down ordering arrows to reorder prompt objects.
To allow users to navigate above the root folder when searching, select the Allow navigation above search root check box.
For an object prompt that uses a search
object and the Tree display style, the Use
folder structure check box is selected and cannot be changed. You
can select whether or not empty folders are shown in the tree when the
prompt is executed. Select or clear the Do
not show empty folders check box. Note that selecting it can impact
performance.
Note: The search object must search within subfolders. For background
information on search objects and steps to create them, see the Desktop Help.
To save the prompt
To save the prompt, select Save As. The Save As dialog box opens.
Specify a name, description, and the location in which to save the prompt and click OK.