Definition pane

Use this pane to add, organize, and manage the prompt's columns. You can use column prompts, image maps, currency prompts, and variable prompts.

For more information, see:

• "Creating a Column Prompt"

• "Creating a Currency Prompt"

• "Creating an Image Prompt"

• "Creating a Variable Prompt"

This pane is part of the "Prompt editor."

Components

Definition Table

Use this table to view high-level information about the prompt's columns. You can also use this table to select columns for editing or deleting, arrange the order in which the prompts are displayed to the user, or insert row or column breaks between prompt items.

Note the following Definition Table components.

• Label — This column displays the prompt label that you specified when creating the item. This field is read-only. To edit this field, select the table row and click the Edit button.

• Type — This column displays the prompt type that corresponds to the item. The prompt types are: column, image, currency, or variable. This field is read-only.

• Prompt For — This column displays the data column that corresponds to the item. This field is read-only.

• Description — This column displays the items description that you entered in the Edit Prompt or New Prompt page. You can edit this column by placing your cursor in the field and typing.

• Required— When this column contains a green check mark, it indicates that the user must select or enter a value for this prompt item. The content designer designates a prompt as required by selecting the Require user input box in the "New Prompt dialog." When no check mark is displayed in this column, the user does not have to select or enter a value and can select to skip the prompt item. This field is read-only.

• New Row or New Column — This column indicates how the items in the prompt are organized on the page. Click either the Row-based Layout button or the Column-based Layout button on the toolbar to specify which layout option you want. A row-based layout saves space because it organizes prompts horizontally. A column-based layout aligns prompts into neat columns. After you select how you want the prompts laid out, then in the New Row or New Column column in the Definition Table, click the box corresponding to where you want to add a new column or row to the prompts page.

Toolbar

The toolbar contains the following buttons:

• Preview — Use this button to view the prompt layout. This preview version displays in a new browser window and is static.

• New — Click this button to add a column to the prompt. After you click this button, you then choose which prompt type you want to add (for example, Column Prompt or Image Prompt).

  The page that displays after you click the New button depends upon the prompt item type that you select. Note the following:

  • Select Column Prompt, Variable Prompt, or Currency Prompt to display the "New Prompt dialog."

    The Currency Prompt option is available only if the administrator has configured the userpref_currencies.xml file as described in "Configuring Currency Options" in System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

  • Select Image Prompt to display the "Image Map Prompt Properties dialog."

• Open — Click this button to display the "Open dialog," where you can open a saved Catalog object.

• Row-based Layout — Click this button to specify a row-based layout for the prompts page. A row-based layout saves space because it organizes prompts horizontally. Clicking this button displays the New Row column in the Definition Table, along with check boxes in the column's cells. Use the check boxes to specify at which prompt items new rows are to be added on the prompts page.

• Column-based Layout — Click this button to specify a column-based layout for the prompts page. A column-based layout aligns prompts into neat columns. Clicking this button displays the New Column column in the Definition Table, along with check boxes in the column's cells. Use the check boxes to specify at which prompt items new columns are to be added on the prompts page.

• Insert Page Break — Click this button to insert a new prompts page after the selected prompt item. This functionality, along with the New Column and New Row options in the Definition table, enables you to arrange a complex prompt into an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

  After you insert a new prompts page, you can highlight the page's row in the table and click the Edit button to display the "Edit Page Settings dialog." Use this dialog to modify the page title, instructions, and page formatting.

• Edit — Click this button to display the "New Prompt dialog," where you can modify the prompts preferences. For example, click this button to change a column's display option from Radio Button to Check Box.

• Delete — Click this button to delete the prompt item that you selected in the Definition Table.