Prompt on Quarter

Hi
I have an object in universe like "Fiscal Quarter". The values of this object are like Q1 FY08,Q2 FY08,Q3 FY08.....I want to create prompt on this object in webi like "Fiscal Quarter between.....and......". As this is character data how will the BO recognize the order?As the data is in alpha numerics, it is taking in alphabetic order like Q1 FY08,Q1 FY09,Q1 FY10 etc.
For example if i have selected like "Quarter between Q1 FY08 and Q3 FY08", Actully it should display the data of Q1 FY08,Q2 FY08 and Q3 FY08. But it is taking the quarter like Q1 FY08,Q1 FY09,Q1 FY10 etc.
Please advise.
Thanks

Hi Raveendra,
I Hope you are getting the correct data , But not in the order you want like Q1 FY08,Q2 FY08 and Q3 FY08.
*The Datatype of the Quarter doesnu2019t matter.
Please, see the other dimension objects you have in your report , WEBI groups the quarter data according to the dimension values in the report. You can see all dimension values together like in below Ex. All US values, and France values together and distributes quarter values accoding to dimension.
Ex:
Country        Quarter              Sales Revenue
US               Q1 FY08              $456,789
US               Q1 FY09              $859,259
US               Q1 FY10              $159,357
France         Q1 FY08               $987,157
France          Q1 FY09               $267,817
France          Q1 FY10               $628,976
To See the Quarter values in the order you want, you can sort quarter in Ascending order that will change the order of the dimension i.e. US, France.
I hope this is Clear...
Thanksu2026
Pratik

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