Cache Seeding using Briefing Books in iBots

Hi All,
I'm trying to seed the cache using Briefing books in iBots.
1. Created the Briefing book of a Dashboard page with required dashboard prompt values
2. Selected this 'Briefing Book' as Delivery Content
3. Scheduled the iBot
But, despite of iBot running successfully, Cache is not being seeded.
Am i missing any steps?
Moreover, in 'Destinations', if i just check 'Interactive Dashboards' & 'Active Delivery Profile',
No cache entries created
But if i check 'e-mail' or any of the devices,
then a cache entry is generated for the default dashboard prompt values* but not for the prompt values selected for the Briefing Book*..
Please help
Thank you,
Raghu

Hello Madan,
Thank you for the reply..
"Oracle BI Server Cache" can only be used for the answer pages/dashboard pages with default prompt values..
Any other way to get the Cache seeded for other prompt values too..
other than the manual seeding
Thank you,
Raghu

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