Merge Dimension in Webi 4.0

Hello All
I have a unique issue creating a webi on two universes DB2 and Excel as datasources.
1. Excel datasource has three columns - Col1, Col2 and Col3. A hiererachy is craeted as Col3>Col2>Col1. When I create a webi - "Webi1" on this universe (Query1), I have no issue.
2. DB2 datasource has multiple table tables. Table 1 is a fact table and col1 in it has the relevent data to the excel datasource Col1. In "Webi1" I created a Query 2 and selected to add objects without creating a new block in "Webi1".
3. As Col1 in Excel and Col1 in Table1 in db2 has the similar data and data type, I created a merge dimension on the two. There is no other column common in the two datasources.
4. I included Excel.Col3, Local_Variable.Measure1, DB2.Measure2, DB2.Measure3 in my "Webi1"
Issue:
When running the report, I see the correct values in Excel.Col3, Local_Variable.Measure1 columns but the values in DB2.Measure2, DB2.Measure3 are aggregated from the DB2 and shows same value for all records in Excel.Col3 and Local_Variable.Measure1.
Requirement:
Is there a way to show only agrregated values in DB2.Measure2, DB2.Measure3 corresponding to the data in Excel.Col3 and Local_Variable.Measure1? I want to pull measures form DB2 corresponding to Excel Col1,Col2 and Col3.
Merge Dimension:
There is only one merge dimension which is at the third level of hiererachy and following steps have been taken to ensure there is no issue with the merge dimension:
1. Data type for both the dimensions is "Charater"
2. I have used trip on both dimensions to elliminate the spaces in the data.
3. I verified the data in both dimension in the same format (upper case).
Any help to resolve this is greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,

Hi,
It's not clear if you mean Patch1.6 or Patch2.6. For info, we have up to Patch2.11 available now.
I would simplify your test, focusing on the DB2 universe (in 2 data providers?) first.
I saw Note 1661803 - WebIntelligence query filter using "Result from another query" is lost and throws message "The current query contains unresolvable objects" when editing query
Apparently fixed in Patch2.10 - may be of interest to you?
Regards,
H

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