Getting star(*) as the value of the column

Dear All,
i have created a report on the cube which will display the country wise Expected sales Volume and Weighted sales volume.
for all country i am getting the correct value but for the country which are NOT ASSIGNED i am getting Star(*) as the value.
My cube has proper data loaded.
HELP ME ON THIS.

What I meant is in Excel.
Wherever you see * place the mouse pointer there.
In the top where you can usually see values in excel.You will be able to see values.
or
Right click on the cell -
> Format Cells and choose number
You will be able to see
or
Use Nodim() in formula you will be able to see.
The issue is :
Country    field   unit
A             20     KG
B             30      LB
Now if both A and B country are under hieararchy node NODE1 say
Then on aggregation it will be
NODE1   (20 KG + 30 LB) displayed as *.
When you place your mouse on this cell you will see 50.
Hope this helps.
Edited by: Praveen G on Oct 29, 2008 2:35 AM

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Edited by: Saubhik on Dec 7, 2010 5:58 PM

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