Filter not working, Please help

Question

Hi all,
I have BI Answers report based on two fact tables.
First Fact has Invoice_ID and few other columns. Second fact has Invoice_ID and few different columns.
First report based on first fact table will display all invoices. Second report (which is based on second fact table) has the invoice_id column as 'Is Prompted'.
We have added navigation on invoice_id of first report to navigate to second report. We want second report to show the user only that invoice_id which he clicked in first report. But in our case second report displays all the invoices and doesn't filter the data.
Is this because the two reports are based on two fact tables?
Is there a way to make this work? Am I missing something here?
Please help.
Thanks,
Vivek.

Answer 1

Hi,
For the modelling solution you should provide more information on your business model and physical model.
The Report to Dashboard navigation can be accomplished as follows:
Create Report1 with Invoice_ID (alias in this solution: Invoice_ID1).
Create a prompt (Prompt1) on Invoice_ID1 and let this fill a presentation variable i.e.: pv_invoice_id
Create Report2 with Invoice_ID (alias in this solution: Invoice_ID2). Put a filter on the column Invoice_ID2 and make it equal to the presentation variable created: pv_invoice_id
Create a dasboard page i.e.: Dashboard1. Create 2 sections on that page. Put in the first section the created prompt Prompt1. Hide this section. Put in the second section Report2. You can also hide the dashboard page if you want.
Change Report1. On the Invoice_ID1 column you can have a value interaction. Choose Navigate and point to the dashboard page Dashboard1.
What will happen:
you cllick on a Invoice_ID1 this will navigate to Dashboard1. There is a hidden prompt which will be set because it will Invoice_ID1 from Report1. This prompt will set the presentation variable pv_invoice_id. Report2 will be filtered based on the presentation variable pv_invoice_id
I hope I made it clear to you.
Regards