Special characters not shown in OBIEE report

Hi
We are facing an issue with column values containing special characters in the reports(OBIEE 11G, 11.1.1.6.5). In-spite of actual column values i.e. special characters, NULL is displayed/shown. It would be very helpful if any work-around/pointer is provided for the resolution of this issue.
Thanks

Hi,
Go with Dhar suggestion, While installing the database itself we have the options "unicode type" for special characters.
Now Create one more instance and install the database use the unicode option to resolve.
i faced for arabic character i found this mode.
for more reference http://mkashu.blogspot.com
regards
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