Dashboard Prompt - Getting error for Adding SQL query in "Default to"

Question

Hello Oracle,
I am facing some problem in Dashboard Prompt. Like when i add some sql query in "Default to" in Dashboard prompt and for the next prompt when i check for Contrain option i get error in the second prompt. but it works fine when i hard-code a value in "Default to" options.
For Example:
Like when we consider a two prompts :
1) Year -> (In Default to i select SQL Query and enter the query as SELECT "YTD Dim"."Fiscal Year" FROM "YTD Report" WHERE "YTD Dim"."Fiscal Year" = Year(Current_Date)
2) Business Unit -> (In specific value i give as some hard code value of Business Unit and check the contrain option)
i get error as
Business Unit
Error Generating Drop Down Values
A numeric value was expected (received "SELECT "YTD Dim"."Fiscal Year" FROM "YTD Report" WHERE "YTD Dim"."Fiscal Year" = Year(Current_Date)"). Error Details
Error Codes: EHWH2A7E
but i get correct value for Year as 2011.
I need to use SQL query in default to option and need to check the constrain option too.
Looking for positive feedback.

Answer 1

You need to create a dashboard prompt and in Default To -> select SQL Results
Click on the ... (three dots ) underneath it and put in your sql
For Example , I have a Table called "Sales Date" in my "ABC" presentation folder. This has a column called "Year" and "Date". If I want to have a Year prompt with the default value set to current year, here is what the syntax of my sql result will be :-
SELECT "ABC"."Sales Date".YEAR
FROM "ABC"
WHERE "Date" = current_date
In SQL, we cannot put SQL as we know of in terms of Oracle, Sql Server etc. The SQL here refers to sql as OBIEE understands it and should be in the form of Select "Presentation foler"."Table Name".ColumnName from "Presentation Folder"
Hope this helps