Prompt on formula

Post Author: vargas
CA Forum: Formula
How can I create a prompt(paramater) on a Formula. The prompt is static.

Post Author: GraemeG
CA Forum: Formula
Can you give us some more info, mate!

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In the dashboard prompt you see an option called "Set Variable" where and you need to give a name to the variable.(Say Var_value)
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