Add a prompt to the user.

When you press the Add or Edit button in section User's prompt creation , the following dialog appears::

This dialog let's us define a question, thet will be made to the user when she or he queries the source database.

The options to fill are:

• Name : This is an unique ID name for the prompt. All prompts must have a different name.
• Prompt : This is the question that will be made to the user when query the source database.
• Prompt type : This is the data type expected for the answer. For the time being, the answer is not validated against its type, but the type itself is used, so you must be careful to answer correctly. The types are:
  • Char : The answercan have a sequence of 1 or more characters
  • Date : Only dates can be assigned to the answer. The date format depends on your system configuration.
  • Number : Only numbers can be assigned to this prompt. This prompt can be added, subtracted, etc.
• Default value: This value will be shown as a default answer when defining the prompt.

Press OK  to create the prompt and Cancel to exit this dialog without creating it.