Dynamic LOV in universe based report

Hi,
My question is simple.
In Crystal Reports ,is it possible to have a dynamic LOV for the prompts when the report is based on universe? When ever the user chooses the drop down in prompt page, he should see only his values in LOV. This works in WebI.
I read from the forum that in crystal, this can only be possible with Business View. Is this true?
If i use Business view and the user opens the report in Infoview, does he needs DSN to use the connection i have created in Business View to refresh the LOV dynamically?
Please suggest a solution for dynamic LOV as this started as a simple issue and i'm breaking my head to solve this!!

Once you create any dynamic parameter in crystal which is using direct database connection and if you publish that report to server then it automatically generates a list of values using business view in repository in which the business view uses the same connection what you have used for the report. Now when you try to run the report in info view first it prompts for LOV from repository. Before refreshing the LOV it prompts to connect to your database and if you don't want this prompt to popup everytime then open the connection in business view manager and in the properties select never prompt by giving the database credentials.
You can also create LOV using universe as datasource. To get the updated list you need to change the registry key settings like this
select the option Always refresh before use in the universe properties and change the registry like this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\business objects\suite 11.5\crystal reports\database\AlwaysRefreshUniverseLOV
Type: String
Recognized Values: Yes, 1
HTH
Raghavendra.G

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