Prompt dialog.

This dialog appears when you press the Questions button in section 8  Optional modification of generated SQL or in section 13 Cube creation. The answers to the prompts are used when a database instruction is needed and not all questions have been answered.

This dialog consists of the following sections:

  • Prompts grid : For each prompt defined in  section 5: User's prompt creation, a line is shown where you can answer each question. The Type column verifies your answer against it when you press the OK button.
  • Batch file: You can choose a file to store your answers. When the cube is created from the command line, this files is used to suply the answers to the prompts. If all prompts are answered, this dialog won't show again. Store each answer in one line of the file, without leaving empty lines.
  • Choose: Press this button if you want to select the batch file described above.
  • OK: Press this button to exit this dialog with your answers validated.
  • Cancel: Press this button to exit this dialog. No action will be taken afterwards and your answes won't be validated.