Dynamic Prompts in Universe using BEx query

hi,
We have create an object in BO Universe using @prompt. the formula goes like this.
<EXPRESSION>IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= USD,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (USD)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= EUR,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (EUR)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= GBP,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (GBP)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= JPY,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (JPY)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= AUD,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (AUD)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= LOCAL_CURRENCY,@Select(Actuals\Actual Amt (Local)),IIF(@Prompt('Enter Currency','A',{'USD','EUR','GBP','JPY','AUD','LOCAL_CURRENCY','DOCUMENT_CURRENCY'},mono,constrained)= DOCUMENT_CURRENCY,@Select(Line Item Detail in Doc Currency\Line Item Doc Currency Amt),0)))))))
</EXPRESSION>
The objects Actual\Actual Amt (USD) works , but when using these objects are used in this kind of expression, its not working. It does a memory leak on the SAP BW side.
has anyone faced this issue and fixed it?
Thanks,
Anu

You can-not return characteristics via <EXPRESSION> tag.
In fact right now it is not possible to do substring and similar operations. You can only create objects which returns numeric
value.
Regards,
Rohit

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