OBIEE Administrator: bug in Physical Layer import fo Sybase IQ?

Hi!
In OBIEE Administrator, in the Physical Layer, I defined a Database Object (as a Syabase IQ 12.7) and its connection pool for a Sybase IQ 12.6 Database. I created the ODBC driver (for Sybase IQ 12.5 and also tried with IQ 12.7 drivers) in Windows and used it in the connection pool.
When I use the Import functionality, to read the tables and columns, it works fine...apparently. At least, the Physical Layer appears filled with all the tables I selected. But the "+" sign (which denotes that the table has columns, right?) appears only for some tables. And when expand those tables, the columns appear. However, for those tables (and any other table) when I right-click and select either Update Row Count or View Data, OBIEE Administrator shows an error message saying that the table does not exist:
[nQSError: 16001] ODBC Error state: S0002 code: -141 message: [Sybase][ODBC Driver][Adaptive Server IQ]Table 'EVENTS' not found.
If I edit the table properties in the Physical Layer and prefix its name with the schema name (ex.: instead of "EVENTS" I rename it to "rpt.EVENTS') it works fine...
But I only have this problem for these table of Sybase IQ. I imported tables from an SQL Server 200 database, and all works fine: a "+" sign for all tables, I select view data and it returns results, etc.
HELP!!!!
Thanks.

hi!
Problem solved. Here is the solution:
- You want to access a Sybase IQ 12.6 database through ODBC, in Oracle BI Administrator, in the Physical Layer, in order to import tabes and columns and keys and etc, don't user neither Sybase IQ ODBC driver version 12.5 nor version 12.7. Use version 12.6! :)

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