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Prompt order changes between document and its export PDF in MicroStrategy Web 10.4~10.11


Stefanie Polleri

Senior Cloud Support Engineer III • MicroStrategy


Prompt order changes between document and its export PDF in MicroStrategy Web 10.4~10.11

DESCRIPTION
Prompt order changes between document and its export to PDF in Strategy Web 10.4~10.11 and above when using autoprompts {&Promptx&} and an object prompt is used within a metric.
Steps to reproduce in Tutorial in 10.4~10.11: 
1. Create two element prompts with Month attribute 
2. Create filters out of these prompts, Month1 and Month2 
3. Create an object prompt - select a list of objects - choose two filters: Top 5 products and Empty filter and name it "Top5 Object Prompt" 
4. Create metric > definition: Sum(Profit) {~} <?[Top5 Object Prompt]; @2; -> 
5. Create report with for example attributes : Category, Region and metric from step 4 
6. Add the two filters from step 2 to report 
7. Make sure prompt order is as desired - Month1, Month2, Top5 Object Prompt:

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8. Save report. 
9. Create document from this report and add text boxes with Prompt1: {&Prompt1&}, Prompt2: {&Prompt2&}, Prompt3: {&Prompt3&}. 

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10. Run document and see the correct/expected prompt order. 

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11. Export to PDF > prompt order is changed! 

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NOTE: Same steps in 10.3 show correct order in PDF export. 
CAUSE
This is an identified defect in Strategy 10.4~10.11.
ACTION
This issue has been addressed in Strategy 11.0. 
KB441295


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Published:

June 30, 2018

Last Updated:

March 27, 2019