Empty date selections in VoiceObjects Analyzer reports

Symptoms

I am using VoiceObjects Analyzer reports containing date filters. When I execute these reports, a selection box comes up containing the message No values selected. There are no date values given that can be selected and thus I cannot run the report.

Resolution

There are some issues with BusinessObjects regarding the synchronization of selection list values used for prompting filters. This especially seems to occur when you re-import database tables into the underlying Infostore database (e.g. you completely truncate tables and import the table data afterwards). In this case it might happen that the selection lists are not refreshed. So empty lists are shown when prompting filters are executed.

1. Start BusinessObjects Designer and log on as user with the role Designer.
2. Import the universe from the BusinessObjects repository into the Designer.
3. Stop the BusinessObjects server.
4. Export the universe from the Designer to the BusinessObjects repository.
5. Start the BusinessObjects server again.

Refer to the BusinessObjects documentation for details on these steps.