Dimensions: Key and Description by default

Hi All,
is there any chance to have Kex and Description of selected dimensions by default ... even in new reports?
After changing this in the Query Designer for selected InfoObjects this isn't recognized by SPM. Every Dimension has Only Description by default.
Thanks
Pascal

Hi Pascal,
I don't think there is any setting to display the Key and Description by default on new report creation.
But, when a report is created and saved setting to display the Key and Description, it will do so when the report is opened later.
Note: such changes to display in the back-end or query will not affect the display in SPM frontend.
Regards,
Vimal G

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