Distinct Values in Multiselect Prompts

Hello All,
I have the following Constrained Multi-select Prompts....
Partner, Country Group, Country
Though the list of Partners is unique, the list of Country Group and Country repeats.
If I try to use SQL to populate the prompt, I can no longer constrain it.
Has anybody found a solution to this?
Thanks!!

OK, try a different approach then. Why not a prompt for "Partner" then use either a column selector for "Country Group" and "Country" or a drill down (or navigation) to the next report which filters on Country Ggroup and then on Country?
One prompt, the rest is either a select (column selector) or a drill...
HTH,
David

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1 declare
2 type t_type is table of varchar2(10);
3 v_type t_type;
4 begin
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