KB288935: "Create New Report" and "Browse All Objects" not shown in Visual Insight using MicroStrategy 10.x

SUMMARY
Using Visual Insight in Strategy 10.x, the options "Create New Report" and "Browse All Objects" when creating new Dashboard or editing an existing one.

 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE

• In Strategy Tutorial, change name of Attribute ‘Year’ to ‘(Year)’
  

• Update Schema
  

• Purge Strategy Web caches by launching following URL: http://localhost/MicroStrategy/asp/Admin.aspx?pg=purgecaches
   
• Open Strategy Web and the issue is not present:
  

• Change the Attribute to be hidden:
  

• Purge the Web caches again as in step 3.
   
• Login to Strategy Web
   
• Create a new VI dashboard and notice that the two properties are missing:
  

 
CAUSE
This is a known issue in Strategy Web. "Create New Report" and "Browse All Objects" only appears if attributes are available in the project schema. For this check an attribute search is performed. Due to this defect "Create New Report" and "Browse All Objects" will not be shown if the first attribute returned in the attribute search is hidden. Attribute names beginning with special characters - such as * : [ ] ( ) - are returned at the top of the search results and if the attribute is hidden Visual Insight will not be showing the options "Create New Report" and "Browse All Objects".
ACTION
This issue is resolved in 10.4 Hotfix 1 and 10.5. Upgrade to either of these versions to take advantage of the fix. 
 
WORKAROUND
1. Remove the special characters - such as * : [ ] ( ) - from the attribute name or
2. Make the first attribute is visible by unchecking the hidden property
KB288935