OBIEE 10G Direct Database Request

Question

Hey Everybody,
I'm on OBIEE 10G in a solaris environment and I'm connected to Oracle 11.2 database. I'm having trouble getting the correct dataset returned from a Direct Database Request from a dashboard that users input data. I have the dashboard created and have all the dashboard prompts setup as prestentation variables. My DDR sql looks like this:
Select from table where Batch_ID = '11' and PID = '1234' and Reported_Date = '01011900'*
My issue is that I want the Reported Date dashboard prompt to be a optional field that user do not have to enter on the dashboard. However, if a user doesn't enter a value on the dashboard then an error is thrown because the DDR sql is expecting a value for the Reported Date.
I've tried to enter the OBIEE standard "%" as an all choices option in the database and changed the DDR sql to look like this:
Select from table where Batch_ID = '11' and PID = '1234' and Reported_Date like '%'*
However, this throws an error saying an unidentified characters has been used even though if I run this above sql query directly against the database myself it gives back the wanted dataset.
Anybody ever ran across this situation before?
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer 1

Here is the code I used as my DDR. When I leave the @reported_date prompt empty it doesn't return anything. Thanks.
select Batch_ID_0,
Batch_Seq_Nbr_1,
AC_TL_Seq_Nbr_2,
Contributor_ID_3,
Account_Nbr_4,
Account_Type_5,
Account_Status_6,
Opened_Date_7,
Reported_Date_8,
Closed_Date_9,
Current_Balance_10,
AC_Assoc_Seq_Nbr_11,
ECOA_Code_12,
SSN_13,
Phone_Nbr_14,
Birth_Date_15,
Last_Name_16,
First_Name_17,
Middle_Name_18,
Generation_Code_19,
Line1_of_Addr_20,
Line2_of_Addr_21,
City_22,
State_23,
Zip_24
From (
Select Ac_Trade.Batch_ID Batch_ID_0,
Ac_Trade.Batch_Seq_Nbr Batch_Seq_Nbr_1,
Ac_Trade.AC_TL_Seq_Nbr AC_TL_Seq_Nbr_2,
Ac_Trade.Contributor_ID Contributor_Id_3,
Ac_Trade.Account_Nbr Account_Nbr_4,
Ac_Trade.Account_Type Account_Type_5,
Ac_Trade.Account_Status Account_Status_6,
Ac_Trade.Opened_Date Opened_Date_7,
Ac_Trade.Reported_Date Reported_Date_8,
Ac_Trade.Closed_Date Closed_Date_9,
Ac_Trade.Current_Balance Current_Balance_10,
Ac_Assoc.AC_Assoc_Seq_Nbr AC_Assoc_Seq_Nbr_11,
Ac_Assoc.Ecoa_Code ECOA_Code_12,
Ac_Assoc.SSN SSN_13,
Ac_Assoc.Phone_Nbr Phone_Nbr_14,
Ac_Assoc.Birth_Date Birth_Date_15,
Ac_Assoc.Last_Name Last_Name_16,
Ac_Assoc.First_Name First_Name_17,
Ac_Assoc.Middle_Name Middle_Name_18,
Ac_Assoc.Generation_Code Generation_Code_19,
Ac_Assoc.Line1_of_Addr Line1_of_Addr_20,
Ac_Assoc.Line2_of_Addr Line2_of_Addr_21,
Ac_Assoc.City City_22,
Ac_Assoc.State State_23,
Ac_Assoc.Zip Zip_24,
row_number() over(order by Ac_Trade.batch_id) row_limit
From owb.Ac_Trade, owb.Ac_Assoc
Where Ac_Trade.Batch_Id = Ac_Assoc.Batch_Id
And Ac_Trade.Batch_Seq_Nbr = Ac_Assoc.Batch_Seq_Nbr
And (Ac_Trade.Batch_Id = ( @{batch_id}{'1'} ))
And (Ac_Trade.Processor_Id = ( @{processor_id}{'1'} ))
And (Ac_Trade.Reported_Date like (CASE WHEN '@{reported_date}{}' = '' THEN '%%' ELSE '@{reported_date}' END) ))
Where Row_Limit <= 25
Order By Batch_ID_0,
Batch_Seq_Nbr_1,
AC_TL_Seq_Nbr_2,
Contributor_ID_3,
Account_Nbr_4,
Account_Type_5,
Account_Status_6,
Opened_Date_7,
Reported_Date_8,
Closed_Date_9,
Current_Balance_10,
AC_Assoc_Seq_Nbr_11,
ECOA_Code_12,
SSN_13,
Phone_Nbr_14,
Birth_Date_15,
Last_Name_16,
First_Name_17,
Middle_Name_18,
Generation_Code_19,
Line1_of_Addr_20,
Line2_of_Addr_21,
City_22,
State_23,
Zip_24