KB310650: How to re-prompt a document through a hyperlink on Presentation Mode using MicroStrategy Web 10.1 and above

 
SYMPTOM
In certain cases, users shall be given the possibility to re-prompt the currently viewed Report Services document through a link on the document template using Strategy Web. Using URL API to re-run the current document does not preserve the previously selected prompt answers and displays the default prompt answers instead. The approach described below allows to trigger the out of the box re-prompt action, thus preserving the previously selected prompt answers, through a hyperlink.
 
ACTION

• On the Web Administration page > Security > User Input Filtering, enable the "Allow JavaScript Execution for Report Services Documents Hyperlinks" setting
  

• On the Report Services document, insert a textbox.
• Right-click the textbox and select Properties and Formatting > Navigation > Is hyperlink
• Enter the following hyperlink: 
  

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  javascript:mstrApp.docModel.controller.reprompt();
  
  --> Replace : with :

  
  
• Save and execute the document. Note that clicking the above link will trigger the prompts page and sets the prompt answers selected on the initial document execution as default prompt answers.

NOTE: This Technical Note is only applicable to Presentation Mode.
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