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
QueryDefinition query = new QueryDefinition( );
		query.setUsesDetails( true );
		query.setDataSetName( hierHandle.getDataSet( ).getQualifiedName( ) );
		List resultMetaList = new ArrayList( );
		Map levelNameColumnNamePair = new HashMap( );
		this.prepareLevels( query,
				resultMetaList,
				levelNameColumnNamePair,
				hierHandle );
		this.it = session.prepare( query ).execute( null ).getResultIterator( );
		this.populateMeta( levelNameColumnNamePair, resultMetaList );
	}
	/**
	 * Create DataSetIterator for fact table.
	 * 
	 * @param session
	 * @param cubeHandle
	 * @throws BirtException
	 */
	public DataSetIterator( DataRequestSession session,
			TabularCubeHandle cubeHandle ) throws BirtException
	{
		QueryDefinition query = new QueryDefinition( );
		query.setUsesDetails( true );
		query.setDataSetName( cubeHandle.getDataSet( ).getQualifiedName( ) );
		List dimensions = cubeHandle.getContents( CubeHandle.DIMENSIONS_PROP );
		List resultMetaList = new ArrayList( );
		HashMap levelNameColumnNamePair = new HashMap( );
		if ( dimensions != null )
		{