Query Def. Filter Value Selection

Hello,
We upgraded our BW Dev application from 3.0(b) to 3.5
When I go into Bex Query Designer and I want to see the values for my InfoObject: 0FISCPER, I see old values
Low Value: Period 15 2001 02/015/2001
High Value: Period 16 2005 02/016/2005
I am used to seeing 'Only values in InfoProvider'
I can get those values to display when I click 'Display other Values' and then check the box for 'Only Values in InfoProvider', But that should be the default, since in my InfoObject I have the Parameter: Query Def. Filter Value Selection set to 'Only values in InfoProvider'
Can some one help me, or am I misunderstanding something here.
This behavior works as expected on our BW 3.0(B) production box that has not yet been upgraded to BW 3.5
Thanks for your help!
Nick

Hello,
i have found a workaround for this issue.
I investigated the underlying tables for the InfoObject "Business Explorer" properties tab.
I found that the fieldname for that data Element in question (Query Def. Filter Value Selection) was RSF4DEFAULT.
I went to SE11 and entered RSF4DEFAULT as the 'Data Type' I then clicked the icon for "Where-Used List", I checked the box for 'Table Fields' and clicked OKay.
It came back with the following tables: RSDCHABAS and RSDDPA.
I went to SE16 and looked at RSDCHABAS for the characteristic (CHABASNM) 0FISCPER on my Development system and compared it to my Production system.
On development I saw we had the 'Active', 'Delivered', and 'Modified' version of the object, so I scrolled to the right to see the F4DEFAULT field value, it listed M, D, D respectively.
I checked out that table on Production and saw it had D, D, D.
So even though in the GUI for the infoObject I was seeing the correct selection, the corresponding base table was wrong. So I set the infoObject to Master data values and activated.
i looked at the underlying table again and it displayed M this time, So I went back to the infoobject and set it back to 'Only values in infoprovider" and activated the object.
Now I went back to teh underlying table and it reflected the value D in F4DEFAULT for the Active version.
When I went back to Query designer the default filter worked as expected!
So that is the work around. How the GUI became inconsistent with the DB tables is another question.
Nick

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