Numeric format i Business Object

Hi
We are trying to build a Business Objects reporting solution on top of SAP BW, but we are experience a lot of problems but most of all is that Business Objects is not reading the information form SAP BW correct.
Numc format on a infoobject is converted into char value in the Business Objects univers.
Does anyone have a solution to that problem and I don't want to convert it in the report but in the univers
Best Regards
Joachim

thanks for the answer
But...
If you create a numeric value in the report layer then you can't use the variable to join against another univers. Further more you have to create this varible each time you create a new report.
Is there not another solution to this problem?
Best regards
Joachim

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