Information broadcasting: unable to fill variant in precalculation tab

Hi all,
I have been trying to broadcast a query in BEX BROADCASTER but when i try to fill in the variant in the general precalculation tab i am not able to create a new variant as it always takes me to web analyser screen and no option for saving the settings.
What i did is created variants in web analyzer as well as bex analyser but still in vain.
But the broadcasting is running if i go through analyser first then click on send and do the settings in the INFORMATION BROADCASTING tab.
But still there is only limited option available der no bursting or pdf or XML generation is allowed.
I need inputs on this because i need to broadcast it as XML format.
Regards,
Sarang

Please note that not all the distribution types are available for all the objects.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c9/e4d13f7fb44c21e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
For queries, you can send them either by mail or export to the enterprise portal. XML is not available for queries.
Thanks.
Shambhu

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