Prompts

Question

Hi,
Can anyone help, I am building a report in answers and would like to create a prompt on a field that does not exist in the selection criteria. In SQL I can refer to the condition(prompt) without selecting the field:
AND (C.DATE_START BETWEEN '01-jan-2005' AND '31-dec-2005')
I would like to use the field above date_start as the prompt condition using date parameters however I do not want the field to be displayed in the report as it returns more records than desired.
If I hide the column in column format this still returns the results with the date_start field.
Can anyone help best way around this?
Thanks

Answer 1

Thanks, I see that option. But the problem is that I have created a view in RPD containing select statement. The SQL includes the column date_start and by including this column the output returns more than expected. The SQL in the select statement is:
SELECT P.PERSON_ID,
P.GLOBAL_NAME AS EMPLOYEE_NAME,
P.LAST_NAME,
p.first_name,
c.date_start,
count(p.global_name)* count(p.global_name) * sum(C.ABSENCE_DAYS) as bradford_factor
FROM per_absence_attendances c,
PER_ABS_ATTENDANCE_REASONS R,
PER_ABSENCE_ATTENDANCE_TYPES at,
per_people_x p,
pay_people_groups d,
per_person_type_usages_f t,
SELECT person_id,
MAX(effective_start_date) start_date,
people_group_id
FROM per_assignments_x
GROUP BY person_id,
people_group_id
) A
WHERE c.abs_attendance_reason_id = r.abs_attendance_reason_id(+)
AND C.ABSENCE_ATTENDANCE_TYPE_ID = R.ABSENCE_ATTENDANCE_TYPE_ID(+)
and c.ABSENCE_ATTENDANCE_TYPE_ID = at.ABSENCE_ATTENDANCE_TYPE_ID(+)
AND c.person_id (+) = p.person_id
AND p.person_id = a.person_id(+)
AND a.people_group_id = d.people_group_id(+)
AND p.person_id = t.person_id
AND t.person_type_id IN(2122, 2123, 2120, 2121, 2118, 2119)
AND T.EFFECTIVE_END_DATE > TRUNC(SYSDATE)
--AND (C.DATE_START BETWEEN '01-jan-2005' AND '31-dec-2005')*
GROUP BY P.PERSON_ID, P.GLOBAL_NAME, P.LAST_NAME, p.first_name,*c.date_start*
The clause --AND (C.DATE_START BETWEEN '01-jan-2005' AND '31-dec-2005') is to be used as a prompt for users to enter date parameters but the column should not appear in the report or SQL. Can anyone suggest the best way around this?
Thanks
Edited by: sliderrules on 22-Dec-2010 05:37