AGO Function doesn't use full previous period

Hi,
I am using ago function in obiee 11.1.1.6. If my current period is April, AGO (quantity, MONTH, 1) only returns the data from 1 to 30th of March and not the full month. Seems it's trying to match the number of days in the current month and uses the same number of days in the previous month. Is this the known issue? Is there any workaround? I want full month data for the previous month using AGO function.
TIA

HI,
Obviously it must use all the dates from the previous months, just check with dimension hierarchy you created.
Take a look @ this mkashu.blospot.com/2013/08/obiee-model-time-series-in-obiee.html
Regards,
VG

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