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HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform User Manual

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Note:

When creating a parameter whose Type is either Date or DateTime, you
can change the date format to suit your needs. For details, see

Changing

your default field formats

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6.

From the Value Field list, select Country.

7.

Click Actions and select Append all database values to move all of the
countries in the sample database to the Values area.

This example will enable the user to choose from any of the countries. If
you want to limit the selection, manually enter only the countries that you
would like the user to choose from.

8.

In the Value Options area, enter the desired prompting text in the Prompt
Text
field (up to 255 alphanumeric characters).

This is the text that appears in the "Enter prompt values" dialog box when
the report is refreshed. This example uses the default value.

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Parameter Fields and Prompts

Creating a parameter with a static prompt