Difference in Query Formation in different environment in OBIEE 10g

Hi All,
I have a report where in I am pulling around 80 columns from different dimension tables and a fact table.
In QA environment the report takes around 8 minutes and the query formed starts with (a With clause) . The query formed takes around 5 minutes to display the results in SQL developer.
When i use the same RPD in my local system the same report takes 1 minutes to display and we get a simple query. The query formed in this case just takes 5 secs to display in sql developer.
My question is why is the difference in the Query formation even if the RPD is same in both the environment.
Please advice.
Thanks,
Krishna

Hi,
One of the things I am aware of which controls the usage of WITH clause is few database features parameters which are set up in RPD. You can refer below link for the same.
http://gerardnico.com/wiki/dat/obiee/vertical_fragmentation_sql
Also, in the above link, there are some links at the bottom of the page. Those also have some information regarding scenarios where WITH clause is generated and where it is not.
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