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How to: Define Current Month as default value for prompt based on dimensional datasource

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This document describes, how to define a value prompt control, that will use the current month as default value. The steps are based on a powercube, but can be repeated with other dimensional datasources. The month of the current date will be distinguished by the current_date function. The basic idea behind it, is to extract the current month from the current_date function, and to build a business key based on that, that can be compared to actual business keys of the cube. As only static values can be used as a default value in a prompt control, the current month of the time dimension needs to be replaced by a static text, like “Current Month”. The attached example is based on the Sales and Marketing (cube) package.

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08 May 2025

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