Behavior of OBIEE

Hi Gurus,
Login to OBIEE
Select Dashboard X and select prompts and run the report.
Once the dashboard loads, click on Answers, then click on dashboard X again.
You will be taken to the last REPORT used instead of displaying what is on dashboard.
Is this a default behavior? Please advice

Hello Slek,
Could u elaborate your question? What does behaviour mean? Is it Performance or the Process how the dashboard executes?
Thanks,
OBIEELe

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