Ascending Order of Objects at universe Level

Hi Techies.
I am working on BO 3.1 Designer SP5.
I have one Period (Month Year) object at universe level and I have arranged the order of object as Descending by editing the properties of the object.
and when I use this object in the Query Filter section and making it as a Mandatory prompt, the values are loading in a different way rather than descending order.
Please help me on this......
thanks in Advance...

Hi
If you want to sort the LOV’s, use the LOV’s based on custom SQL option.
Please find the below sample code.
Sample Code
SELECT DISTINCT FIELD
FROM
TABLE
ORDER BY 1
And find the below link for more info.
http://scn.sap.com/community/semantic-layer/blog/2014/06/11/how-to-sort-the-list-of-values-in-the-prompts-screen

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Is it possible to include required prompts/filters in the Universe definition?
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Edited by: PadawanGirl on Feb 4, 2011 10:49 PM

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