OBIEE 11g - Prompt Validation

Hello Gurus,
I am trying to validate a textfield prompt in a dashboard page, OBIEE 11.1.1.6, and looking for some assistance on the same. Have detailed the scenario below.
Scenario:
A dashboard page has a textfield prompt, which sets the value entered by user in a Presentation Variable "rg_office". The same dashboard page has a report, wherein one of the columns is "Office". Depending upon the value entered by the user in the textfield prompt, report would be displayed.
As we know, by making "Office" is prompted, report would be displayed. In case there is no matching value, filter section would show no match found.
What I Want:
The value entered in the textfield prompt should be of specific format. I want to show end-user an alert message if the value entered by him/her does not correspond to a specific format (format like 99:99 only). How can I incorporate the same in my dashboard?
Eagerly awaiting response.
Thanks & Regards,
RG

Hi Rahul,
Create a report that checks for the data format. Make sure the report returns rows based on your condition.
Add a static text " Please enter the data is correct format " to dashboard section, make the section to display conditionaly by adding the above created report as a condition. Whenever user enters incorrect format the text will display instead of actual report. For more info on guided navigation,
http://gerardnico.com/wiki/dat/obiee/guided_navigation
Regards,
Dpka

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