Here is
some information about defining prompts in report linking:
Restrictions on defining prompts
You can
define prompts only when the target report uses relational data. You
can create a report based on a multidimensional data source as the
source report in the report-linking operation. You can pass the parameters
from the multidimensional report into a relational report.
Verifying prompt associations
SAS Web
Report Studio does not check that your associations make sense, so
make sure that you assign an appropriate data item value to each prompt.
For example, you might link a
Product Name group break in the primary report to a prompt for
Product Name in the target report, but you would
not link a
Gender group break to a
prompt for
Order Year.
Conditions that cause the Prompt window to appear
If you
assign a value to each prompt in the target report, then the prompt
window is bypassed when the user clicks the link in the primary report.
If you do not assign a value to each prompt in the target report,
then the prompt window appears. The user can then confirm the current
prompt values or enter new ones.
If you
remove or hide a category or hierarchy that is used in a report-linking
prompt, then the prompt association is removed. The link to the target
report still works, but the user must answer the prompts to display
the target report.
Interaction with manually refreshed reports
If you
link to a report that is manually refreshed, the prompt values sent
from the primary report are not used for the target report. Instead,
SAS Web Report Studio displays the results of the last query run for
the target report.