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
* @return
		 */
		public int getFieldIndex( String fieldName )
		{
			return ( (ColumnMeta) this.columnMetaMap.get( fieldName ) ).getIndex( );
		}
		/**
		 * 
		 * @param fieldName
		 * @return
		 */
		public int getFieldType( String fieldName )
		{
			return ( (ColumnMeta) this.columnMetaMap.get( fieldName ) ).getType( );
		}
		/**
		 * 
		 * @param index
		 * @return
		 */
		public String getFieldName( int index )
		{
			return ( (ColumnMeta) this.indexMap.get( new Integer( index ) ) ).getName( );
		}
	}
	/**
	 * 
	 *
	 */
	private class ColumnMeta