IBM Cognos 10 Report Studio Cookbook - Second Edition

Recommendations for prompt types

There are many types of prompts available for use in IBM Cognos Report Studio. Let's have a look at some information about when to use which kind of prompt.

Data	Suggested prompt	Description
Hierarchical	The tree prompt	This naturally supports hierarchical data.
2 to 4 values – single select, mandatory	The radio button group	The value prompt can be used in the radio button UI for this kind of requirement.
5 to 100 values – single select	The drop-down list	This is another UI of the value prompt. It saves space on the prompt page.
5 to 100 values – multi select	The listbox	This UI of the value prompt allows users to select multiple values by holding down the Shift + Ctrl keys.
More than 100 values ...