Report Prompt

Is there a limit as to the number of values in a prompt? We have a report that a user created and she's trying to prompt for an account. It seems that the number of values begins with A and ends somewhere in the Cs.

Hi,
i think it should be possible. Without testing I'll try to explain the big lines.
You create a dashboard prompt containing the values of the measures or something like '1 - measureA', '2 measureB', ...
You put the selected value of the prompt in a presentation variable.
Now on report level you create a RANK-column where you can work with a case statement like
this case when @{presentation_variable} = '1 - measure' then RANK(measureA)
else when @{presentation_variable} = '2 - measure' then RANK(measureB)
end
I think you can make it work this way. At least you can give it a try.
Hope it works.
Kr
A

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