Break on a Calculated Column in WEBI

I am working on a WEBI report where i want to break on a column which is a calculated one. The calculation is very simple. I have a Date column in the report. The second column is Previous ( Date Column). So i have 2 date columns in my report. I am using a function called DaysBetween to find a difference between the two date columns. The report format looks like this
Col1 Col2 DateDiff
02-01-2008 02-01-2008 0
02-01-2008 02-01-2008 0
02-01-2008 02-01-2008 0
02-01-2008 01-26-2008 5
02-01-2008 01-31-2008 1
When i break on DateDiff column i would expect the above data to be grouped by 3 different cat. ( 0, 5,1 ). But what i get is 5 different groups. is there a reason why. Any adice on this issue with be greatly appriciated.

Sushil
Thanks for your reply. I did the date diff on the columns. It does not break into 3 different groups. I am using a function called previous on the date column. So the report is like this
    DATE                           Pervious (DATE)                 Date - Pervious(DATE)
01-01-2008 01:06              Null
01-01-2008 01:12              01-01-2008 01:06               :06
01-01-2008 01:18              01-01-2008 01:12               :06
01-01-2008 01:24              01-01-2008 01:18               :06
01-01-2008 01:30             01-01-2008 01:24              :06
01-01-2008 01:36             01-01-2008 01:30               :06
Basically we are breaking on the Date - Previous ( Date) column which does not work. I am not sure if there is a way to break this. I even tried it in Crystal REports XI and it does not work their either. Any help with this issue with be greatly appriciated.
Edited by: Srinivasa Prabu on Aug 4, 2008 2:55 PM
Edited by: Srinivasa Prabu on Aug 4, 2008 2:56 PM

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