Essbase Date Measures as DATE in OBIEE

Hi,
We have created an ASO Cube in Essbase 11.1.1 with a Date Measure member call "Maturity Date" in Measure dimension (Tagged as Accounts).
Once we create the Physical layer Administrator tool on OBIEE this member refers as a double data type. And also when we create a criteria on Answers and displays the result it is shown as a number.
But on excel (with essbase add-on) data shows as a date. (Ex: 2009-09-20)
Can anyone tell what has to be changed to display a Date Measures as Date type on OBIEE or suggest another alternate.
Thanks!
Nilaksha.

Hi Nilaksha,
I thought you might say that, I think this is because Essbase doesn't use data types as such, all data is stored as a value and characteristics of that data or how it is treated are more like meta data. This certainly rings true for the time dimensions I have seen. I think your best bet is to look at how you can format the numbers in the columns to make them appear in the format you require.
Regards
Ed

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Edited by: Christian Berg on Nov 10, 2008 2:58 PM
Edited by: Christian Berg on Nov 10, 2008 3:00 PM
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