BIWS - Publish block as a web service - prompt selection missing

Question

Hello,
we are running sap Bo 4.0 sp 2 pach 6.
I have encountered a strange problem with Publish as a Web Service Wizzard.
I created a simple webi report with a vertical table based on Bex Query, the bex query has 2 mandatory prompts date: and company code:
Webi pics up these prompts and asks for them every time i do a refresh, as you would expect.
Now i want to publish my vertical table as a web service. I can`t, because the Publish content wizard does not see these prompts, so every time i refresh i get an error.
I tried a different approach:
Created the same webi report only this time going through an old universe (.unv) based on the same Bex query.
This time Publish as a Web Service Wizard works fine, it picks up the mandatory prompts and allows a normal refresh.
This seems like a bug, has anyone else encountered this? Maybe there is a SAP note for this? I can`t seem to find it though.

Answer 1

I have the same problem.
The only workaround I tried is to remove the prompt entirely, and add the date and company code as a free characteristic. When you build webi query, you can find date and company code on your object browser and add them into query filter. BIWS will capture the prompt.
May not work if you have restricted key figure with prompt. And I am not sure about the performance as well though, it may bring everythign and filtering is being done in BO side. But I think BW is smart enough to fire up query to only bring selected result.