Possible to use dashboard prompt to capture variable & apply custom filter?

Hello,
I have an LOV based on column account_descirption with accounts: rent, tax, utilities, etc. Inside that LOV i want to add one custom value "COO." When user selects "COO" i want to capture in a variable and use it to sum multiple account_description values. Is this possible in the report or should i do the sumation in the source table?

If I understood your requirement completely, on your prompt you would have to assign a presentation variable. On your filter you would have to do a case:
CASE when @variable_prompt IS 'COO' THEN ....
Hope this helps.
EF

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