Frequently Asked Question

Symptom

• Create two linked lists of values.

Environment

• SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform : all 4.2/4.3 Webi versions
• Need4Viz : all versions

Procedure

• Create a Webi report with a bloc containing 2 linked dimensions. In the following example we have the name of the buses stations and the status of the station 
  
• Create an Input Control (simple list of values) based on the name and affect it to the Webi bloc
• Create an Input Control (simple list of values) based on the status and affect it to the Webi bloc
• Create a N4V List of value based on the name, add "all values" and affect it the "name" Input Control
• Create a N4V List of value based on the status, add "all values" and affect it the "status" Input Control 
• Update the Input Control based on the status and affect the N4V List "name" bloc to it  
• In the global settings of the N4V list status, tick the reset "Input Controls when selection is done" :
  
  
  If you want to only reset the IC based on the name (and not all your report IC), just set it as :
  
  
  And now, by filtering the first list, we filter the block and the second list : 
  
  By filtering then in the second, we filter the block : 
  
  Selecting a value from the first list resets the second list :