SAP BW Time characteristics data type issue in BO OLAP Universe

Hi Ingo,
We have time characteristics in our SAP BW Queries, for example OCALMONTH with data type NUMC.
When we create OLAP Universe these objects are having Character as data type and not working properly when we use these objects as filters. The filter working on string instead of calender month.
If i try to change the data type in Universe we are not able to execute Web Intelligence queries due to Driver Not Capable error.
Appreciate you help.
Regards,
Ravi Kumar Garre

Hi,
Please find my linline answers:
- are you entering the value manually or did you select the value from a list of values ?
I am selecting the values from list.
- based on which item is the list of values ?
List of valules are coming from BI infoObject 0CALMONTH
- what about creating a variable for this in the underlying BW query ?
We have created a BI Variable, found that the Condition operator is Between and hence when execute the WebI query for this object there are two prompts one is for FROM value another is for TO value. If i give a value Dec, 2007 for FROM and leave TO as blank then i am getting data for all months instead of DEC 2007 onwards.
- did you trace the Web Intleligence part to see the details ?
I do not have authorization to login on server and find the trace. I will ask our BO Administrator for MDX log file.
Thanks & Regards,
Ravi Kumar Garre

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