Report Prompt & User Response

Hello All,
         Created a BOBJ Report from BEx query. I need to achieve the below tasks for the report.
         1. List of Values shows leading zeros on the Report Prompt, can we remove those leading zeros on the
             report prompt ( BEx report doesnot show any leading zeros on the variable screen when running report)
         2. The Users need a set of selection values to be displayed on the report, For Ex: Material, Profit Center.
             They want to see what they have selected at the prompt which was done using the User Reposne.
              The question is they want to see the Key Value instead of the Text of the material, is this possible.
Please look into and update with your valuable suggestions.
Regards,
Raj

Hello Rohit,
        Thanks for your quick reply.
        I followed your steps and created a variable for User Reposne and another variable with the where condition
        to populate the Material Key.
        But I am getting the following error as InList is looking for a list of values, not the User Reponse as the List Of Values.
        Error - Missing or bad operand in 'InList' expression at position 51. (WIS 10070)
       My Formula : =([L01 Material Key]) Where ([L01 Material] InList [vURMat])
       Where vURMat: =UserResponse("Material")
       L01 Material is the Material Desc.
       Please look into and let me know where I am going wrong.
Regards,
Raj

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