Add a Prompt Button

Add prompt buttons so that users can submit selected items, cancel reports, or navigate between pages.

When you are building prompts and prompt pages, you may have to add prompt buttons to submit selections. Some prompt controls, such as the value prompt, can be set to submit selections automatically. Other prompt controls, such as the date prompt, require a prompt button.

Procedure

  1. Pause the pointer over the page explorer button page explorer icon and click the page to which to add a prompt button.
  2. From the Toolbox tab toolbox tab, drag Prompt Button prompt icon to the work area.
  3. Click the prompt button and, in the Properties pane, set the Type property to one of the following actions.
    Goal Action

    Cancel the report

    Cancel

    Go to the previous prompt page

    Back

    Go to the next prompt page

    Next

    Run the report

    Finish

    Reprompt the user

    Tip: Reprompting users is useful when you have cascading prompts.

    Reprompt

Parent topic: Modifying Prompts