i have 4 countries in my database as USA, UK, INDIA, CHANA.
In value prompt's prompt control list, i want
WESTERN_COUNTRIES, ASIAN_COUNTRIES instead of those country
names.
When i click on WESTERN_COUNTRIES, it should retrieve USA,
UK records and when i click on ASIAN_COUNTRIES, it should
retrieve INDIA, CHINA records.
How is it possible?

Answer Posted / itesh

simple man ,
create country prompt with 2 dynamic prompt value dispay
value WESTERN_COUNTRIES>use vale (1)ASIAN_COUNTRIES (2)

in report query put filter

write a if statement
if (?country?)=1
then country in (USA,UK)
else country in (INDIA, CHINA)

cheers

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