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a direct url link that also provide the parameter values in replace of prompt


Version tested: cognos 10.1
The following link will provide the prompt parameter "category" a list of values: Food, Transporta

http://www.egtry.com/cognos10/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?
b_action=cognosViewer&
ui.action=run&
ui.object=CAMID("Series 7:u:authid=636875232")/folder[@name='My Folders']/folder[@name='xmlsource']/report[@name='prompt parameter display']&
ui.name=prompt parameter display&
run.outputFormat=HTML&
run.prompt=false&
p_category=Food&
p_category=Transporta


Or the link can be constructed by a form

<form action="http://www.egtry.com/cognos10/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi" method="'''get'''">
 b_action: <input name="b_action" value="cognosViewer"> <br/>
 ui.action: <input name="ui.action" value="run"><br/>
 ui.object:<input name="ui.object" value="CAMID('Series 7:u:authid=636875232')/folder[@name='My Folders']/folder[@name='xmlsource']/report[@name='prompt parameter display']">
 <br/>
 ui.name: <input name="ui.name" value="prompt parameter display"><br/>
 run.outputFormat: <input name="run.outputFormat" value="HTML"><br/>
 run.prompt: <input name="run.prompt" value="false" ><br/>
 p_category: <select name="p_category" multiple size=5>
          <option value="Food">Food</option>
          <option value="Transporta">Transporta</option>
          </select>

          <input type="submit" name="sumit" value="submit">



</form


Or the form can be submitted with POST method instead of Get

<form action="http://www.egtry.com/cognos10/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi" method="'''POST'''">
 b_action: <input name="b_action" value="cognosViewer"> <br/>
 ui.action: <input name="ui.action" value="run"><br/>
 ui.object:<input name="ui.object" value="CAMID('Series 7:u:authid=636875232')/folder[@name='My Folders']/folder[@name='xmlsource']/report[@name='prompt parameter display']">
 <br/>
 ui.name: <input name="ui.name" value="prompt parameter display"><br/>
 run.outputFormat: <input name="run.outputFormat" value="HTML"><br/>
 run.prompt: <input name="run.prompt" value="false" ><br/>
 p_category: <select name="p_category" multiple size=5>
          <option value="Food">Food</option>
          <option value="Transporta">Transporta</option>
          </select>

          <input type="submit" name="sumit" value="submit">



</form