Problems with Dashboards

Hello!
I have got two questions.
The first one is about columns on a report which depends on other columns.
For example I have a column named "col1" with formula "fact_table.fact1 + fact_table.fact2" and I want to add another column which multiples the first one 5 times Dashboards insert the whole formula into the new one, not simply the column name. So it is like
"(fact_table.fact1 + fact_table.fact2) * 5". Is there any way to write it like "col1 * 5"?
I know it is not too important until there are few columns with simple formulas, but when it reaches over 40 columns and really long formulas with many dependencies it is almoast imposible to make changes and errors occur.
It is possible to save them in the BI repository but it is hard to modify by client and to use more than one cube in a query.
And the second one is an error:
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 15018] Incorrectly defined logical table source (for fact table table1) does not contain mapping for [table2.business_col1]. (HY000)
I have checked if there are mappings in the repository and it seems to be ok.
It is strange that it searches for mapping in table1 for a column from table2..
Greetings,
Mike

Suggestion 1:
You should really consider modelling these calculated columns in the BMM layer in the repository - this is exactly why it's there...Ideally, you shouldn't be using calculated columns in Answers unless those are simple calculations.
If your client needs those calculations, well, it means you'd have to add more dimensions to your business model...
i remember we were trying to do something like this last year, but couldn't find...complicated formulas would break scripts and render errors
Suggestion 2:
this seems to be a bug of some sort...i fixed it yesterday by first deleting and then re-creating joins on physical layer...sometimes the issue arises when you bring columns from physical to BMM with keys...
good luck

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