Characteristic as an InfoProvider

Hello all!
I have the following problem:
I wanted to make a query based on my characteristic alone, but I cannot see it in BEx on InfoAreas tab...
The char. itself is OK: it has transfer rules, transfer structure and is inserted as DataTarget in respective InfoArea. I loaded some data in this characteristic (btw, it has only long text, but has no master data).
What could be the reason that I cannot see it in BEx?
Thank you in advance!

Hi,
After changing the Info object into a Data Target,Close the sessions relevent to reporting(make sure it in also SM04) and relogin. Then you will see the Info Object in the respetive Info Area ,when you are trying to create new query.
With rgds,
Anil Kumar Sharma .P
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