HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 19)

Specifying formulas.................................................................................559
Working with the Formula Workshop.................................................560
Working with the Formula Editor........................................................566
Creating and modifying formulas.............................................................572
Creating a formula and inserting it into a report.................................572
Creating a formula in the Formula Expert .........................................573
Editing formulas..................................................................................575
Searching for formula text..................................................................575
Copying formulas...............................................................................576
Deleting formulas.....................................................................................578
Removing the working formula from your report................................579
Deleting the formula specification......................................................579
Debugging formulas.................................................................................579
Debugging evaluation time errors......................................................580
Debugging tutorial..............................................................................580
Parameter Fields and Prompts 587 Chapter 23
Parameter and prompt overview ............................................................588
Parameter field considerations...........................................................588
Prompt considerations........................................................................590
Data and non-data parameters..........................................................590
Optional parameters...........................................................................591
Understanding dynamic prompts.............................................................592
Understanding lists of values...................................................................595
List-of-values types............................................................................596
Determining which list-of-values type to use......................................599
Lists of values and prompt groups contrasted...................................601
Creating a parameter with a static prompt...............................................602
To create a parameter with a static prompt........................................602
To incorporate the parameter into the record selection filter..............605
To incorporate the parameter into a saved data selection formula.....606
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