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
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		}
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		 * @return
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		public String getName( )
		{
			return this.name;
		}
		/**
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		 * @param index
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		public void setIndex( int index )
		{
			this.index = index;
		}
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		 * @param type
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		public void setDataType( int type )
		{
			this.type = type;
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	}
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