OBIEE - Showing the Display Value from a Double Column / Presentation Variable

Question

I have a double column laid out as so:
Display Value Code Column
Apr-17 201704
May-17 201705
Jun-17 201706

A 'between values' prompt is setup to show the Display Value and Filter by Column Code, and it's been given a presentation value.

So say I selected Apr-17 to Jun-17, the presentation value displays Apr-17,Jun-17 in the narrative, however I'd prefer it read like Apr-17 to Jun-17

I'm unable to use the SUBSTRING function in the narrative, so I decided to add the presentation value into a column and work from there.

However, once I add the presentation value the Column Formula, it displays the Code Column values instead of the Display Values, so:

201704,201706 instead of Apr-17,Jun-17

Is there a fix for this, or an alternative way of getting the desired formatting?

Answer 1

First of all your filtering seems extremely standard so I question your use of presentation variables in the first place.

If you just use out-of-the-box filter functionality with columns then you can just use the filters view.