How to translate dashboard prompt year/period into literal date range

I am using OBIEE 10g. I have a dashboard that prompts for a fiscal year and fiscal period (both are numeric data types). I need to use these values in the date filter for my answers request - however, to fully utilize the indexes and partitioning that have been set up on my fact table (Teradata database) I need to be able to convert fiscal year/period to a literal date range and pass literal date values (i.e. 10/01/2011 - 10/31/2011) to my answers filter. So far I have been unable to do this, I'm hoping someone has some ideas.
Here are some things I've tried so far:
In the dashboard prompt, set variables var_year and var_period (which would be set to 2012 and 10, respectively). Create a filter on my answers request for Date (from calendar dimension) that calculates a min/max date value based on var_year and var_period. While this works to return data, the sql is not optimized as it does not contain literal date values for the filter (10/01/2011 - 10/31/2011).
Create a subreport that takes the year/period from the dashboard prompt and calculates 2 columns, one for the "From Date" (using min calculation) and one for the "To Date" (using max calculation). Then create a filter on my answers request that uses the results of this subreport to create the date filter. Again this works - however, instead of passing the literal date values for from and to dates, it passes the min/max calculations so that these are executed again in the answers request sql. Therefore again this is not optimized, as it is not passing literal date values for the filter.
I have only been able to get this to work by creating a prompt for entering a from and to date directly, and using this to pass to the answers request filter. This generates optimized sql as it contains literal date values. However, this is not acceptable to the users as they want to enter fiscal year/fiscal period at the dashboard prompt, not a date range.
I have tried to get the fiscal year/fiscal period columns in the dashboard prompt to set another dashboard prompt for a date range, thinking I could then set new presentation variables for those from/to columns to use in the answers request, but I can't figure out how to do this. Is this even possible, to use a dashboard prompt value to set a subsequent dashboard prompt value?
Is there some other method of converting these prompt values to literal dates that I am missing?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Rhonda

Disregard. I gave up and just brought in the Fiscal Period Start Date and Fiscal Period End Date to the rpd so I can use them in the dashboard prompt, created presentation variables for each, and used those in the report filter.

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