Presentation Variable in prompt, then BIN

Hello,
I have a 4 presentation variables, related to date which will be entered by the user (prompted). Can I use the presentation variables to setup the BINS? I have tried it and it just doesn't quite like it.
Example,
We a field called Issue Date
Now, I want to check and compare 2 different Incident Date ranges.
Therefore I have 4 presentations variables which hold the start and end date for each set. So, if I put Start date -01-05-2010 end date 10-05-2010 it will look into issue dates between this 2 dates. The issue is that the start and end date are entered by the user. So when I am creating a Bin I get a couple of errors:
1. filter Editor Template not found on page
2. nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 46048] Datetime Month value 0 from 0000-00-00 is out of range. (HY000)
If anyone can shet some light into how can I resolve this. I will highly appreciate it .
Thanks.

Hi,
Yes you can use the presentation variable in the prompts.
But first check if the presentation variable is getting assigned where you have called in the physical query generated. In Manage session-->view log.
Try using a single quotes in the beginning and ending of the variable otherwise.
And for the default selection, try building a dynamic variable in the rpd and call it in the prompt and check.
Hope this helped/ answered.
Regards
MuRam

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Dear Guru's,
I have a question about constraining a request with presentation variable set by a dashboard prompt. I have a dashboard prompt, that stores its value in a presentation variable . The prompt is about region. When the dashboard opens, the default of the prompt is all choices and it needs to show my reports with "All Choices". I've created the following filter on my two reports on the dashboard:
"Dim Student"."Region" = '@{variables.GILLES}'
or '@{variables.GILLES}' IS NULL
One report is just the column "Dim Student"."Region" (to see if it works) and with this report the above filter works just fine. When nothing is prompted it shows "All Choices" when a choice is made the report responds accordingly.
BUT
The second report on my dash with the same region column, but extended with some time dimension columns and a measure gives an error which I'm not able to solve.
+State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 14023] None of the fact sources for ToDate(# Feitelijke Instroom:[DAggr(Feit Instroom en Uitstroom Opleidingen.# Feitelijke Instroom by [ Dim Tijd.Maand Omschrijving, Dim Tijd.Maand Nummer, Dim Tijd.Jaar, Dim Kwalificatie.Kwalificatie Niveau, Dim Leerling.RCBREGIO Regio] )], [Level JAAR]) are compatible with the detail filter [Dim Tijd.Maand Nummer = 3, Dim Tijd.Jaar = 2010].+
+(HY000)SQL Issued: SELECT "Dim Tijd".Jaar saw_0, "Dim Tijd"."Maand Nummer" saw_1, "Dim Tijd"."Maand Omschrijving" saw_2, "Dim Kwalificatie"."Kwalificatie Niveau" saw_3, "Dim Leerling"."RCBREGIO Regio" saw_4, "Feit Instroom en Uitstroom Opleidingen"."# Feitelijke Instroom Cumulatief" saw_5, REPORT_SUM(saw_5 BY saw_0, saw_1, saw_2) FROM repos_x WHERE ("Dim Tijd".Jaar = 2010) AND ("Dim Tijd"."Maand Nummer" = 3) AND (("Dim Leerling"."RCBREGIO Regio" = 'Noord-Oost') OR ('Noord-Oost' IS NULL)) ORDER BY saw_0, saw_1, saw_2, saw_3, saw_4+
While the exact same report but without the "or '@{variables.GILLES}' IS NULL" doesn't throw any errors but doesn't show the "all choices" by default.
The ultimate goal to achieve is to build a dashboard with several reports from several subject areas with one single prompt that opens default with "all choices" and constrains the reports accordingly.
Any help is highly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Gilles

Phani,
I know "All Choices" is a special value and that it doesn't represent NULL. My filter construction seems to work fine.
My filter condition:
"Dim Student"."Region" = '@{variables.GILLES}'
or '@{variables.GILLES}' IS NULL
When it's set by the prompt it filters the request accordingly (first condition evaluates to true), when it's not set the second condition evaluates to true and shows all the results (or it's not filtered).
The problem is that it doesn't work when time dimensions are combined with this filter. Then it throws the error mentioned in the first post.
By the way: your suggested solution doesn't work.

Using Presentation variables in Prompt Default using SQL Results.

I have set a presentation variable in a prompt(say 1st prompt). In the 2nd prompt, using default option, when I try to reference this variable in SQL Results, I get this error.
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The syntax used for SQL is:
SELECT <tab>.<col1> FROM <subject area> WHERE <tab>.<col2> = @{variables.myvar}
Note: However the same SQL works fine in SHOW option.
Thanks in advance..
Edited by: user457687 on Feb 27, 2009 3:13 PM
Edited by: user457687 on Feb 27, 2009 4:49 PM

- OK. In the second prompt, instead of setting Default to SQL Results, set it to Specific Value.
- Then insert '{pres_var}' in the window. I got it to work this way.
- It supplied the PV as the default in the second prompt after hitting "Go" on the first prompt.
Hi, thanks for your suggestion but I don't need to have the value of the presentation variable itself as the prompt default. The variable is a filter for a specific SQL clause and the default is the result of this SQL.
Cheers
DrPlexi

Unable to set presentation variable to prompt default.

i am tying to apply prompt default value as some presentation variable.
as i want to set depending on the value selected by Same prompt.please help me.
or else help me to write sql statement with presentation variable(of other prompt) to set default.
Edited by: user12078402 on Oct 28, 2009 5:21 PM

Okay, I just tried something that works, but it's a workaround that may or may not work for you depending on the number of values in the column.
Anyway, try this:
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Here is the drawback, you have to list the values explicitly (unless someone knows a better way), but this will default the second prompt to the first prompt's selected value while allowing the user the choices of the rest of the column.
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No it errors out when I try to Cast the server variable as a Date in the Dashboard Prompt interface.
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This is set up with an Initialization block that when I first run the report it displays in the title
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This will display no matter what I change the Initialization block to (01, ab, etc) so I guess it is something from the formula.
Now when a user does enter a value into the prompt box and hits GO the title changes to reflect a date and looks great (10/1/2007), but I guess this is because it is now passing the database column value to this presentation variable.
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Hi
Thanks for the quick response..
I agree to ur point..
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Is possible to get this?
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Hi,
While passing the presentation variable from prompt you need to pass only with the presentaation variable name.
You can create an intermediate report with getting the presentation variable and case statement and then pass this to the main report column(filter based on another request)
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Regards
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Error while creating presentation variable in Dashboard prompts.

Hi Team
I have been going through the guidelines and procedures to create a presentation variable to use it in the dashboard prompt ( mentioned in the previous blogs ) .I followed the below link :
http://oraclebi.blog.com/example-of-presentation-variable-in-obiee/
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else 1
end
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UNION ALL
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=========================================================
I just wanted to create 2 dummy choices i.e 1 and 2 .But while soing so I am getting erros in the case statements :
=========================================================
Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
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=========================================================.
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Hi Rachit
You answered my doubt.This one really works . Thanks a lot !
But i have one more doubt i.e if have created the Presentation variable in the dashboard prompt and I want to use it in a report
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Error Codes: OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P
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========================================================================
Please NOTE : The column on which I want to do an increament is : "F1 Revenue"."1-01 Revenue (Sum All)"
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You have only dashboard prompt for level 2 in the dashboard page 2?
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Try to fix it now.
You may want to read this:
http://108obiee.blogspot.com/search/label/DASHBOARD%20URL
Regards
Goran
http://108obiee.blogspot.com
Edited by: Goran O on 2009.11.29 10:23

Presentation Variable in prompt, then BIN

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