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You can provide your own values in a prompt to:

• show something different from what is in the database
• improve performance by not accessing the database
• provide text for optional prompts, such as Select a value
• restrict the number of values available

For example, you have a prompt in which users choose a country. For the database value United States, you want USA to appear in the prompt.

To Specify Prompt Values:

1. Click the prompt control that you want to modify.
2. In the Properties pane, double-click the Static Choices property.
3. Click the add button .
4. In the Use box, type the prompt value you want to add.
5. In the Display box, type the value that will appear in the prompt.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 to add other prompt values.
7. To link a prompt value to a condition , do the following:
8. Click the Variable drop-down list and choose the variable you want to use or create your own.
   For information about creating variables, see Add a Variable.
9. Click the Value drop-down list and click one of the possible values for the variable.
10. Click the static value you want to link to the variable and click the edit button .
11. In the Display box, type the value to appear in the prompt.
12. Repeat this procedure for each additional value.

Related Topics:

• Modifying Prompts—Ways you can modify your prompts.
• Change the Prompt Control Interface—How to change the prompt control interface.
• Specify that a Prompt Requires User Input—How to specify that a prompt is required.
• Specify Default Selections—How to specify the default selections for prompts.
• Create a Cascading Prompt—How to create a cascading prompt.

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