PromptAdd

The PromptAdd verb imports prompts defined in IBM® Cognos® package and report data sources.
PromptAdd promptname DataSource datasource ID promptopts

Argument

Description

prompt name

Specifies the name of the prompt.

data source name

Specifies the name of the IBM Cognos package, report, or query data source.

promptopts

Specifies the prompt type and prompt value. Simple-value, multi-value, and range prompts are type "xsdString"; Member Unique Name (MUN) prompts, for SAP and DMR data sources only, are type "memberUniqueName".

Example

This example adds a prompt named Product Name 1 with type xsdString and value BugShield Natural for the package 574942~1.

PromptAdd "Product Name1" DataSource "574942~1" PromptType "xsdString" 
PromptValue "BugShield Natural"