How to notify user that enough parameters have not been selected in the prompt page at run time?

[rez1824]

Hello eveyone,


I am working with BI Cognos 10.1.1 report studio,and I have designed a prompt page for my report for inputing the parameters which comes up first at run time. I would like to present a message to user in case of forgetting or not selecting one of 2 parameters that needs to be selected.
In another word, among 5 Checkbox Group parameters (X,Y,Z,A,B) that have been presented on the prompt page, for example: selecting a value from Z CheckBox Group or A CheckBox Group is mandatory and user can not leave both of them unselected.
How can I check this matter when user press the "Finish" button ?

- In case of feeding both Z & A parameters or one --> it's OK and the report runs and shows the result.
- In case of leaving both Z & A unseledted --> a message needs to be shown to user to select one of these and it remains in the prompt page to let him at least feed one of them.

Your replies would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Rez

 

[blom0344]

I do not think this is feasible without resorting to pieces of Java code. There are a number of Cognos Java gurus ,amongst them:

http://cognospaul.wordpress.com/

Ties Blom

 

[rez1824]

Thanks for your reply,
but how can I apply a java code to my report studio?

 

[blom0344]

By means of adding Javascript in the HTML component in the report design. Check out Paul's site I mentioned. Can't help you with writing the Java code myself

Ties Blom