Report prompts

You can find several reportA set of data deliberately laid out to communicate business information. Depending on the context, 'report' may refer to report specification or report output. Report (more precisely, report specification) is the generic term for the objects created or edited in Cognos Analytics. Pronto Xi Business Intelligence offers a suite of standard reports. promptA report element that asks for prompt values on which to filter or sort a report. types on prompt screens that you can use to filterSelectively remove data from view. and sortArrange elements of a list in a certain order. The most-used orders are numerical order and lexicographical order. your report when you run it. Some of these prompts are also available on the final report pages, to allow you to further modify your view of the report.

Make a selection from the menu below to find more help about using the specific prompt types.

Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory.

You must select values on the screen to apply the relevant filters. If you click Finish without selecting any values, no filters are applied and all data is returned.