Change Webi Date Prompt Format

Hi
In BEx, I've created a variable on a date object. Processing is manual/default. Single value. Optional. And ready for input.
In the Universe Designer, I have changed the "Where" code on the filter to be a date format with a free selection - as below.
<FILTER KEY="[!V000006]"><CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION="Equal"><CONSTANT TECH_NAME="@Prompt('Valid Date From','D',,mono,free)"/></CONDITION></FILTER>
When I refresh the document in Webi, when entering a date for the prompt, the format is M/d/yyyy.
I would like to change this to dd.MM.yyyy - as this is what the users are used to when running queries in web templates.
Where do I set the format for the Date prompt?
We are on BO XI3.1 and SAP BW 7.0 on a DB2 database.
Thanks in advance
Anton
Edited by: Anton Vogel on Jul 21, 2011 3:36 PM

Hi
It does. But this can be a hassle when having to choose a date quite far in the past. It is far more convenient to simply manually input a date.

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