Fact columns Datatype is changing from char to int in OBIEE 11g

Hi ,
I am taking measure columns - "product description","tot cost" against a dimension "project name" .
I am generating this report in a planing form and OBIEE .
in planing form :
product description tot cost
project name
P1 A 1500
p2 B 1700
p3 C 1800
in obiee report :
product description
project name
P1 16 1500
p2 17 1700
p3 19 1800
Somehow , measure's datatype are getting changed from char to number , in OBIEE report.
By default , the data type for all fact's is Double .I tried changing that to varchar , but result is same .
Do I need to change anything in physical layer / RPD .
OBIEE version : 11.1.1.6
Essbase version : 11.1.2

Hi ,
Thanks for your reply . To confirm , the data type of product description column is "double" in essbase .
I found out ,thers's a RDBMS table , consisting of two columns - ID, text value . where product description's are in text value's with the corresponding ID's(integer values) .
Now , when I am creating a form in planning , its fetching the text values of product description (there's some inbulit setting's available for this in plannng) .
However , in obiee its fetching the ID values of product description .
So ,
1. Is there any similer setting I can do for OBIEE , so that it's fetches only text value's of product description .
2. If not , then I have to join the essbase fact table with this RDBMS table . I am not sure how to do it .

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