Strange behaviour of Crystal report with BEx Query

Hiii. All
I have created a crystal report on top of BW-BEx query. My query contains a structure other than Keyfig.
Thats why I am using BW-MDX query option to build my Report.
i Have created a cross tab in my report taking the structure as Column and some key figures in Summarised fields.
till here it works fine. but whenever I am dragging some fields say "Project Defination or Location" to report header section, which are also coming frm BEx query. then my cross tab is not showing all colomn of the structure(Precisely it removing one column of the structure).
Can anyone pls tell me why is it happening. and how to proceed to solve this.
Waiting for your reply..
Thanks
Anish

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
Yes it returning data . Structure contains total 13 columns .
So It is suppose to return all 13 of them. and it is doing so till i don't drag-drop the field. once i do this its behaving strangely and returning me only 12 columns.
CR 2008 Version : 12.3.0.601
BO Version : BO XI 3.1
Regards,
Anish

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