Creating a Between Prompt View
With a Between prompt, the user manually enters filter values to search between in a text prompt.
Follow these steps to create a Between prompt view:
- Open the View Properties dialog for a new or existing view.
- For new views in the Desktop client, right-click a service and select Create View from the pop-up menu.
- For new views in the web interface, open a service and select More Actions > Create View.
- For existing views in the Desktop client, right-click within the view and select View Properties from the pop-up menu.
- For existing views in the web interface, open the view and click the Properties button in the view toolbar.
- Enter a Name and Description (for new views).
- Select the Filters tab.
- Enter a Service and Field in the first line of the Filters statement.
- Select Between as the Operator.
- Click the Show Advanced button.
- Click the Prompt Wizard button.
- The first screen of the Prompt wizard displays with a message to select the prompt control type.
- Note that the Between option is only enabled when Between is selected as the operator and is the only option available.
- Click Next.
- Enter an optional default value for the From and/or To fields, if desired.
- If you enter a default value for the From or To fields, that value will appear in the text field of the prompt view when the view is run.
- If you enter a default value for the From or To fields, that value will appear in the text field of the prompt view when the view is run.
- Edit the prompt caption, if desired.
- The default caption defaults to a combination of the filter's Field and "Between" for the From field and "And" for the To field. This caption appears in the prompt view when the view is run.
- The default caption defaults to a combination of the filter's Field and "Between" for the From field and "And" for the To field. This caption appears in the prompt view when the view is run.
- Click Finish to close the Prompt wizard.
- Click OK to close the View Properties dialog and run the view.
- In the between prompt view dialog, enter a value in the To and From fields or, if there is already a default value and that is the value desired, make no change.
- If a Date/Time field is specified as the prompted field in the filter statement, a user can select the desired date from the calendar control or enter the date manually.
- If a Date/Time field is specified as the prompted field in the filter statement, a user can select the desired date from the calendar control or enter the date manually.
- Click OK to display the results of the view.
- To select a new value, refresh the view using one of the following methods:
- Click the Refresh button in the view toolbar.
- Right-click within the view and select Refresh from the pop-up menu.
- Right-click the view's icon in the Navigation Bar (or Folder List) and select Refresh from the pop-up menu.
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