Variable Screen for 3.5 BEx Queries In EP 6.0 Iviews

Friends,
Does anyone know how to force the variable screen in an EP 6.0 Iview based on a 3.x BW. I have a query written in Web BEx with several optional variables. When I launch this from Web BEx it stops at the variable screen.
The problem is that when I run this query from an Iview in EP 6.0 it bypasses the variable screen and goes directly to the data. In the web application designer I can set the flag to force the variable screen, is there a similar feature in Web BEx or is there a parameter setting in the iView that would work?
Thanks
Kevin

Here's an extract from the log message:
Caused by: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
     at java.util.ArrayList.RangeCheck(ArrayList.java:539)
     at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:356)
     at com.sap.aii.proxy.framework.core.JcoBaseList.get(JcoBaseList.java:259)
     at com.sap.pct.hcm.editappraisalformular.r3proxies.Web_Evaluation_AppraisersTypeList.getWeb_Evaluation_AppraisersType(Web_Evaluation_AppraisersTypeList.java:98)
Does it seem like a Customizing error? Am wondering if the iview is trying to access some table that has no entries in it.

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