Multiple values in prompt not working..

Question

I am able to create prompts using Java/ BO-SDK and i am also able to set values to these prompts; but the values in the report in Infoview are not getting refreshed. for e.g if a single value for city prompt is entered the code works fine but if i set multiple ";" separated values to this city prompt the values are not getting refreshed.
Here is my code for prompts:
function to set filter conditions
public static void setFilterConditions ( final DocumentInstance doc,final List<ConditionFilterDataItem> filterList )
        final DataProviders dps = doc.getDataProviders();
        final DataProvider dp = dps.getItem(0);
        final Query q = dp.getQuery();
        ConditionContainer conditioncont = (OMConditionContainer)q.getCondition();
        if(conditioncont!=null)
             conditioncont.removeAllChildren();
               createPrompt(doc, filterList);
             applyValuesToPrompt(doc, filterList);
          doc.setPrompts();
          dp.runQuery ();
          doc.refresh();
function to create prompts.
public static void createPrompt( final DocumentInstance doc,final List<ConditionFilterDataItem> filterList)
        System.out.println("Inside create Prompt method ");
        final ReportDictionary reportDict = doc.getDictionary();
        final DataProviders dps = doc.getDataProviders();
        final DataProvider dp = dps.getItem(0);
        final Query q = dp.getQuery();
        ConditionContainer conditioncont = (OMConditionContainer)q.getCondition();
        ConditionFilterDataItem conditionFilterDataItem = null;
        conditioncont = q.createCondition(LogicalOperator.AND);
          for(int i=0;i<filterList.size ();i++)
                  conditionFilterDataItem = filterList.get ( i );
                  final String[] operands =  conditionFilterDataItem.getFilterOperand ();
                  final ReportExpression reportExpression = reportDict.getChild
                        ( reportDict.getChildByName ( conditionFilterDataItem.getQueryObject ()).getID () );
                  final String objectName = conditionFilterDataItem.getQueryObject();
                  final DataSourceObject dataSourceObject = reportExpression.getDataSourceObject ();
                  ConditionObject conditionObject = null;
                  conditionObject = conditioncont.createConditionObject ( dataSourceObject );
                  final FilterCondition fc = conditionObject.createFilterCondition
                        (Operator.fromInt ( conditionFilterDataItem.getOperator ()-1));
                  ConditionPrompt condPrompt = fc.createConditionPrompt("Enter value of "+objectName+":");
                  condPrompt.setConstrained(false);
                  condPrompt.setMonoValue(false);
                  System.out.println("Prompt created for object name ::"+objectName);
                 if( operands.length > 1 && operands[1]!=null)
                      ConditionPrompt secondPrompt = fc.createConditionPrompt("Enter another value of "+objectName+":");
                      secondPrompt.setConstrained(false);
                      secondPrompt.setMonoValue(false);
                      System.out.println("Another Prompt created for object name ::"+objectName);
                  doc.applyFormat();
             dp.runQuery();
              doc.refresh();
              doc.save();  
function to set values to prompt
public static void applyValuesToPrompt(final DocumentInstance doc,final List<ConditionFilterDataItem> filterList)
        final DataProviders dps = doc.getDataProviders();
        final DataProvider dp = dps.getItem(0);
        final Query q = dp.getQuery();
        ConditionContainer conditioncont = (OMConditionContainer)q.getCondition();
        ConditionFilterDataItem conditionFilterDataItem = null;
        Map promptMap = generateInstanceMap(doc);
        OMFilterPrompt[] promptArr;
        if(filterList.size()==conditioncont.getChildCount())
                  System.out.println("conditioncont.getChildCount() "+conditioncont.getChildCount());
                  for(int i=0;i<filterList.size();i++)
                       System.out.println("FilterLsit size is "+filterList.size());
                       System.out.println("current value of i is "+i);
                            conditionFilterDataItem = filterList.get ( i );
                        final OMFilterSimple filter = (OMFilterSimple)conditioncont.getChildAt(i);
                        System.out.println( conditionFilterDataItem.getOperator ()+"  conditionFilterDataItem.getOperator ()");
                           System.out.println(conditionFilterDataItem.getQueryObject()+" conditionFilterDataItem.getQueryObject()");
                        final String[] operands = conditionFilterDataItem.getFilterOperand();
                        System.out.println("operands for "+conditionFilterDataItem.getQueryObject()+" is "+operands.length);
                        System.out.println(filter.getID());
                        promptArr=filter.findPrompts();
                           for(int j=0;j<promptArr.length;j++)
                                OMFilterPrompt prompt= promptArr[j];
                                System.out.println(prompt.getDisplayName());
                                String promptName=prompt.getDisplayName();
                                Prompt currentPrompt = (Prompt)promptMap.get(promptName);
                                if(operands[j]!=null)
                                currentPrompt.enterValues(convertStringToArray(operands[j]));
                                System.out.println("value set is ::"+operands[j]);
          doc.setPrompts();        
          //dp.runQuery ();
          doc.refresh();
    * Converts String to a string array.
    * @param values -
    *            string to be converted.
    * @return - String Array
   private static String[] convertStringToArray(String values) {
       StringTokenizer promptval = new StringTokenizer(values, "=");
       int loop = 0;
       int size = promptval.countTokens();
       String[] newArr = new String[size];
       while (promptval.hasMoreTokens()) {
           newArr[loop++] = new String(promptval.nextElement().toString()
                   .trim());
       return newArr;
function to create map for prompts
  private static Map generateInstanceMap(DocumentInstance document)
        Map<String, Prompt> promptMap = new HashMap<String,Prompt>();
        Prompts prompts = document.getPrompts();
        int count;
        if(prompts!=null)
             count= prompts.getCount();
             for(int i=0;i<count;i++)
                  Prompt prompt= prompts.getItem(i);
                  promptMap.put(prompt.getName(),prompt);
        return promptMap;
i first remove all filter conditions the create prompts and then sets values to these prompts.
the values are set correctly to the report when viewed in Infoview but the values are not refreshed ; so i see a blank report.
Can anyone help with a code snippet at the earliest.

Answer 1

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Message was edited by:
jasontc
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