Prompts vs Prompt Pages

[UcfMike]

Is there any benefit to creating a prompt page, instead of just letting Cognos generate a prompt page on the fly using a filter?

 

[blom0344]

Probably the biggest benefit is when you want multiple prompts (of various types) group together and with some sort of formatting to make it all a bit more stylish.

One step further is to use a report with only a prompt page (call this a menu) and use this as a starting point to pass parameters (prompt values) to individual reports.

I wasn't very much convinced about Cognos when I first started to work with it, but the tooling regarding prompts etc is pretty good stuff..

Ties Blom

 

[almeids]

I agree with Ties re formatting, particularly when dealing with interactive reports. Plus you get more control over the prompts, such as setting default values or including static choices.

 

[UcfMike]

Thanks for the answers.

It is nice to create a prompt page that fits with the overall look and feel of your report. I haven't had to do any of the advance prompting techniques you mentioned, but it's nice to know they are there if necessary.

 

[stewm]

More control and you can add associated text to give your prompts more meaning.

Mark Stewart
Business Intelligence Consultant
Consultants Club Corp.
Windsor, Ontario
Canada