Time Hierarchy

We have a three level time hierarchy
Year
    Quarter
       Month
When I run a evdre report with time dimension on col and memberset as self,dep,
If I choose 2008.total in CV, I will get data for quarter col, but no data for 2008.total col.
If I choose 2008.Q1 in CV, I get data for both Q1 and Jan,Feb and Mar, but I notice that the value for Q1 not equal JanFebMar.
Question 1.
   Why 2008.total col does not get data?
Question 2.
   Why 2008.Q1 Q1 not equal JanFebMar?

Hello Raghu,
Kindly note the below Time hierarchy :-
0CALYEAR
QUARTER
MONTH
WEEK
DAYS
Hope this helps you. Assign points if this helps you.
Cheers,
Sanjiv

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