Crystal reports prompt issue

Hi All,
I had created the simple crystal report by connecting to bex query (with prompts).
For example in my crystal report ,circle prompt as below list of values
Values                                  Description
[YPES_AREA].[ANPR]     Andhra Pradesh Circle
[YPES_AREA].[ASSM]     Assam
[YPES_AREA].[BIAR]     Bihar
[YPES_AREA].[CHAI]     Chennai
[YPES_AREA].[CHRH]     Chattisgarh
[YPES_AREA].[CORP]     Corporate
[YPES_AREA].[DLHI]     Delhi & NCRs Circle
[YPES_AREA].[EAST]     East Region
At the time of preview,user can select the above list of value ,so that the corresponding prompt value need to display in the report.
Here i want to known,when user select the "Assam" circle in the above list of values,prompt value is showing as "[YPES_AREA].[ASSM]" but i want to show it as a description instead of technical name.
please suggest me is it possible or not?
Regards,
Vinay

Unfortunately the "description" is only available in the LoV and cannot be accessed for use on the report (I believe there is an Idea Place suggestion concerning this very issue...) but there are work arounds.
If the LoV is a static list it's fairly easy. Just use the following formula:
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.ANPR" THEN "Andhra Pradesh Circle" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.ASSM"THEN "Assam" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.BIAR" THEN "Bihar" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.CHAI" THEN "Chennai" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.CHRH" THEN "Chattisgarh" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.CORP" THEN "Corporate" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.DLHI" THEN "Delhi & NCRs Circle" ELSE
IF {?ParameterName} = "YPES_AREA.EAST" THEN "East Region"
If your LoVs are dynamic it's a little trickier... and I've never tried it using a data warehouse...
but I've always done it using a separate SQL Command. Something along these lines
SELECT
FieldUsedInTheDescription
FROM TableName
WHERE FieldUsedAsTheValue = {?Parameter}
Still pretty simple as long as the parameter only accepts a single value.
If the parameter accepts multiple values you need to use a sub-report.
HTH,
Jason

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