Dynamic Prompts

Can someone please list the steps required for saving a Crystal report with one dynamic prompt
to the Enterprise. It is working correctly in Designer, but can not be saved to Enterprise. Obviously from reading the online helps, I need to create a LOV in the repository and then have a link to it, however, I do not know how to do this.
Thanks,
Norma

Hi,
If you are creating a Crystal Report and if you wish to save the report to the Enterprise so that you can view it from info view, following are the steps of it.
u2022     Open the CR report.
u2022     Click on File->Save As Option.
u2022     Then from the left hand side select the u201CEnterpriseu201D option and then select the appropriate folder and save it on the folder.
u2022     Then open the Info view and then open the report.
This will save the report to the Enterprise along with the Prompts.
I hope this helps you.
Regards,
Prashant

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Hi Heather
I get the same behaviour in this case:
If my report uses a Stored procedure as the datasource AND i use an SQL sommand to create the LOV for dynamic parameter then each time i run the report in infoview it asks for db login info
I think it looks for this info to create the LOV
I created the same report with a table as the datasource and used the exact same command to create the LOV and was able to run the report without a request for db login info.
I also created the report with the SP but with no LOV, the parameter is set to static, and it runs without extra login
I have entered the db login info in CMC for each report before i tried running in infoview
What are your reports using as datasources?
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Dynamic Prompt not returning all values it should

I am using Crystal Report 2008 CR Developer with service pack 3.1.
I have a report that has a SQL command statement.
Using just the SQL statement, I get all results correctly (all "Events" show up).
When I use the same report and create a dynamic prompt for the "Events", I get some of the values in the results, but not all of them.
Also, the Events that I do get back in my results change randomly (one time I get Court Trial, the next time I don't).
The u201CEventsu201D field is the 2nd Group in the report.
I also have a date time parameter in the report.
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I have used the registry fix to set the LOV value to 3000, even though there are only 1644 possible values for that particular field in the database. I changed it for all versions 11, 11.5 & 12.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV "MaxRowsetRecords"="3000"
My understanding of Dynamic Prompts is that each time the report is run, it first looks at all possible values in that field and return those as values to select in the prompt. For example, if there were 1644 values in the table, it would show 1644 values to select in the parameter to be used in the report. Is that regardless of group level or date parameter or if "Save Data with Report" is selected?
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Try connecting to the database directly rather than using a command object.
Or... purchase a case and have a dedicated support engineer work with you directly:
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I am using CRD XI release 2 (SP2) against an Oracle 10 release 2 database
I have a report fully working with a static parameter
1. But I have an issue when trying to introduce a parameter with dynamic prompts
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I am trying to have the newPointOfSale parameter to prompt the user for values taken out of the PointOfSale source.
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In doubt I enter these of the database user I am using as a source for this report
I get a strange error message telling me there is a problem with another datasource on the report.
'Prompting failed with the following error message: 'List of Values failure: fail to get values. [Cause of erro: The table 'DLEX_REPORT.DLEX_REPORT_RETRIEVE.AIRLEGSUMMARY_SUM' could noyt be found. UNKNOWN.RPT]'.
Error source: prompt.ddl Error code 0x8004380D
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2. Also I believe this forum allows to escalate bugs with SAP/business objects. Does anyone know how to do this? As this is very obviously a bug....
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I am not sure whether this will solve your problem since you are using a different implementation of Crystal Reports , but I've received the same error using CR XI Developer Release 2 in conjunction with the Crystal Reports Server XI Release 2. My solution was to go into the Business View Manager application and fix the Data Connection object associated with the problematic Dynamic prompt by supplying a user name and password for the data connection object and setting the "Runtime Prompt Mode" property to "Never Prompt". For some dumb reason, the Crystal Reports client will publish the data connection object to the Business Views database without any login credentials associated with it. So after creating such a prompt in a report, you have perform this extra step before running the report the first time. The good news is that if you reference this dynamic prompt in other reports, it will work - so you only need to fix it when it is first created.

Dynamic Prompt Issue

Hey hi I am just working with Dynamic prompt my requirement is
> When I select country name from ddl i.e India, In the next state field I want to get prompt table regarding indian states
When I select country name from ddl i.e usa, In the next state field I want to get prompt table regarding usa states For this I have created two views on PS_STATE_TBL , to use for prompting
india
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usa
SELECT DESCR FROM PS_STATE_TBL WHERE COUNTRY ='USA' AND DESCR NOT LIKE '%tax';
Next I have written the following code in FieldChange event Evaluate DYNAMIC_TBL1.COUNTRY1
When "I"
DERIVED.EDITTABLE = "RECORD.INDIA_PROMPT_VW";
Break;
When "U"
DERIVED.EDITTABLE = "RECORD.USA_PROMPT_VW";
Break;
When-Other
End-Evaluate;
But from the front end I am getting the following error message
Prompt table in the DERIVED.EDITTABLE is not available. (4,3)
the prompt table for the field for the field is controlled by the contents of another field. this controlling field is not included in the component.

Raju,
What do you think about creating a UNION SQL view that has a key field COUNTRY1 with values of I, U, etc? Your view SQL would look something like this:
SELECT 'I', ...
FROM INDIA_PROMPT_VW
UNION
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FROM USA_PROMPT_VW
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Changing formats of dynamic prompt parameters

Hello,
I am currently using Business Objects XI R2 (SP3) and some users have a dynamic prompt that returns what year the report should query on. However, the prompt is currently returning this:
2,006
2,007
2,008
2,009
2,010
Is there a way (besides converting the number to text) to get rid of the thousand separator? Also, what about dates? How can you change the format they are displayed as?

Bad news on both fronts...
#1 The only way to format that correctly would be to bring those values in as text. To make matters even more complicated, they have to come from the DB as text... You can't use a CR formula to to convert the value and then use the formula.
#2 You're stuck with YYYY-MM-DD for date formats... That is if you want to keep the prompt type set to Date or Date Time (and therefore, keep the date picker control.
You do have the option to use a text style prompt and allow the user to enter dates however they like...
Sorry I don't have better answers...
Jason

Dynamic prompting with stored procedures XI- urgent

Post Author: moleary77
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
I have a report that has 7 parameters and two stored procedures, I get the dynamic prompting to work wonders as stand alone dynamic parameters, however I need them to be cascading. How can I accomplish this while still using my stored procedures? Is there something I need to change within the stored procedure, I've looked all over in Crystal and I can't seem to figure it out. Please let me know! Below are my stored procs
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Since your {?Project}Â parameter is part of a stored procedure, you have to think of it as part of the table.Â Â In reality, it could "change" the result set so Crystal has always prompted them first.Â It's like in math with the order of operation between +-*/.Â
All "added" parameters (like the one you created within the report) must be prompted after the server-based prompts (stored proc).
- Kathryn Webster (Report Design Specialist)

Query related to Dynamic Prompt.

Hi Experts,
I want to create a dynamic prompt for countries field in dashboard page.
The option in the prompt should be :
-ALL Countries
-Specify Country
-ALL Countries execpt 'Germany'
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Can anyone please guide me how to do it?
Best Regards,
John

hi
add a column to a prompt and in the fx type
case when a=b then columnname else '-ALL Countries' end
in the show results give
select case when a=b then columnname else '-ALL Countries' end from subject area
union
select case when a=b then columnname else '-Specify Country' end from subject area
union
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union
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Accessing Dynamic Prompts information via CR 2008 (or earlier?) RAS API?

I am using the CR 2008 RAS API (but could also use an older API if needed) in Visual Studio 2008. I have both service packs installed.
Any idea how to access information about the settings for dynamic prompts in a report?
I can access the PromptField object with
dataDefController.ParameterFieldController.
GetPromptParameterFields(new PropertyBagClass());
but can't seem to find any options for its dynamic prompt settings (such as fields used to fill the default values, cascading prompt settings, etc.).

Hello, John;
From the Report Application Server .NET SDK Developer Guide:
NOTE: The ReportClientDocument object model does not currently support creating new prompt groups programmatically and saving them to the report. For more information about dynamic cascading parameters and creating prompt groups with the Crystal Reports Designer, see the Crystal Reports User's Guide.
There are no specific API designed for the dynamic cascading parameters - they are just parameters. As such the properties that make them special are not available.
You can get the parameter name and you may be able to determine from the list what would be related:
Country --> Region --> City would be, probably Date would not be.
Since they are created in the Crystal Report designer, the creator could store the information needed in File | Summary Info | Comments and it can be retrieved from the special field Report Comments or the SummaryInfoClass.Comments Property
That is the only suggestion I can think of at this time.
Both options can be achieved from the .NET RAS SDK and the Crystal Reports .NET SDK for version 2008.
Elaine

No option to reorder the Parameters in group Dynamic prompt

I have designed Crystal Report which has an Dynamic prompt like Region / State / City.
Selection of Prompts occurs in Order but the title shows as City/Region/State in Preview.
I even checked example reports provided for Crystal report and seems like all has the same order of display the label.
Its just the label display. I am using Crystal Reports 11.5.10.1263
Easy example, open Report Samples > Feature Examples > Prompting.rpt
Press F5 to prompt for parameter values. First parameter in that report is Country/Region/City.
LOV list proper order, but the Label on top of it shows as City/Country/Region.
Question
Is there any workaround to make it in order?
Is there any option to hide the label.

I think you are referring to Standard Parameters.
I am referring to Dynamic and have to use the Existing one which was created using Business View Manager. After selecting that I can order how it needs to be display in Value Section. Even i select Country / Region / State in the order i want, the prompt displays properly but associated label text displays other way like (City/Country/Region).
in the example report i posted in the post 1, open it up, Expand Parameter Field, Right Click and select Parameter Order
You will see City/Country/Region. If you edit one of the parameter, the order of display would be Country/Region/City.
On Preview Press F5 and in that screen, Verify the label text for this prompt group.. it will show as City/Country/Region but the prompts will be in order like Country / Region / City.

Running Queries for Dynamic Prompts

I have a crystal report in which in the paramter screen there are two parameters coming from dynamic prompts.There are also a few other static parameters.Thus we have two command objects (Let us refer these two as Command 1 and Command 2) for these two dynamic prompts We have another command object (let us refer this as Command 3) which actually queries the database to retrieve the report data. However when we run the report from the crystal client in the preview mode All three queries get executed before showing the paramter screen . Hence it takes a long time for the parameter screen to come up.In order for the parameter screen to show we only need Command 1 and Command 2 (as mentioned above) to execute. Command 3 should only get executed after we select the parameters . The result set of command 3 is also depend on one of the static parameters. However on previewing the report all three get executed before the parameter screen comes up.(I have used a trace for determining this) .Of the three command 3 gets executed with default value of the concerned static parameter as the selection criteria.If we don't supply a default value to the static parameter command 3 gets executed with the default value for the datatype of the static parameter, for eg if the static parameter is int command 3 gets executed with the value of the static parameter as 0.
Thus essentially Command 3 executes twice, once before the parameter screen appears and once after we select all the paramters and click ok.Since command 3 executes before the parameter screen comes up, it drastically increases the time for the parameter screen to come up.
Is there any way to stop Command 3 to run before selecting the prompt values.

Instead of using command 2 and command 3 try to combine both the columns in command 2 and create a parameter. Since the main command is depends on the parameter field first executes main command and then it requests parameter value and then the command 2 runs and finally with the parameter the main command runs. You can also createLOVs using business view manager at server and use them in report.
Regards,
Raghavendra

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Hello All,I have a stored procedure that I am using as the basis for a report. This stored procedure has some parameters so the user can customize the report.When making the report, Designer gives me some default static Parameter Fields to match the parameters of the stored procedure. When I run the report in preview mode in Designer or in InfoView after publishing, the report correctly presents a page with simple text input fields (one for each parameter) to the user.I can successfully convert these Parameter Fields from static to dynamic. However, something odd is happening now. When I try to run the report, whether in preview mode in Designer or in InfoView after publishing, the report will still present the page with simple text input fields to the user. If the user just clicks OK at the bottom of the parameter page, THEN the report presents a page with the appropriate dynamic prompts to the user.How can I get the report to skip the page with the simple text input fields and only present the page with the dynamic prompts?If anyone can give me an answer to this ASAP, I'll personally see to it that you have a bright sunny day tomorrow.Not that I think this should matter, but were on CR XI.

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Hi,
I did some searching for this issue on the forum and could not quite find anyone with the same problem. If I missed something, please except my apologies in advance.
I have created a report within Crystal Reports 2008 with dynamic prompts. The report pulls possible values for the report directly from my database (MS SQL 2005). This works well.
I have deployed the report, with eclipse, under tomcat using the free JRC components provided by SAP.
This is a financial report which allows users to view the budget of a department. Each user will have one or many departments that they should have access to. Not everyone sees the same departmental information. I have a table that contains the user name of each individual and the department code they should have access to.
One of the dynamic parameters I have in the report now lists all department codes. Would it be possible to pass to the report a user name that would limit the listing within the department code parameter to only those departments the user name has access to (as specified in the security table I have setup for this)?
I need to do this within the JRC and not the Business Objects EDGE server. With this in mind, I do not believe I can use any of the RAS components of the JRC.
Thanks, in advance, for any advice or help you may be able to provide,
Dave

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How do you generate a dynamic prompt in BO

Hi,
can anyone answer this question?
How do you generate a dynamic prompt?

Hi,
Dynamic prompt means user can enter value at run time (Report Refresh Time).
You can create dynamic prompt by drag one object in the webi query filter part and select as a prompt.
or on the universe level define the pre-defined condition and use that in the webi report.
Thanks,
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