Bug 182296 Crosstab - non-numeric measures
Feature request. Looking at the 2.2.M6 release, it seems that measures (the fields that can be in the matrix part of the output) need to be numeric. I looked at the spec documents and it seems there is no requirement for non-numeric measures
data/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.adapter/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/data/adapter/impl/DataSetIterator.java
it.close( );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.olap.api.cube.IDatasetIterator#getFieldIndex(java.lang.String)
	 */
	public int getFieldIndex( String name ) throws BirtException
	{
		return this.metadata.getFieldIndex( name );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.olap.api.cube.IDatasetIterator#getFieldType(java.lang.String)
	 */
	public int getFieldType( String name ) throws BirtException
	{
		return this.metadata.getFieldType( name );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.olap.api.cube.IDatasetIterator#getValue(int)
	 */
	public Object getValue( int fieldIndex ) throws BirtException
	{
		return it.getValue( this.metadata == null ? it.getResultMetaData( )
				.getColumnName( fieldIndex )
				: this.metadata.getFieldName( fieldIndex ) );
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)