Making dashboard prompts mandatory

Hi All,
I am facing one issue.
I have 4 columns in dashboard prompt.I want to make it mandatory that user should select some value in atleast one prompt column.
Means user can't run the report with all 4 prompt columns as "All Choices" or all 4 blank.
If user do this than popup should appear (like in javascript) saying that "You should select atleast one prompt".
Can we achieve this in OBIEE? PLease let me know if any other information is needed.
Regards,
Vikas
Edited by: Vikas Barsaiyan on Aug 20, 2009 5:21 AM

hi,
I have not faced this "problem" .I try to avoid drop down and prefer using multi select(more flexible).
Anyway,you face your problem from one way..why not try an other one???
let the user to choose anything he/she wants,and make the filter in your answer.
Meaning,put some case when in your columns....(by using rcount(1) function)...
1.using the max(rcount(collumnname)) = (the number of your max rows of a column)....then null....the same if
max(rcount(collumnname)) =0 .....
2.put in aswers(there is a choise of none results...-->>display your message).
Otherwise , for your first way of solving,the only way is javascript!
get firebug and which functions,css control your dashboards prompts and go button.Put there your code.
hope i helped....
http://greekoraclebi.blogspot.com/
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