BI Admin Physical source data

Hi All,
My source data at database server has changed, for example, different column name, adding column.
However ConnectionPool I connect to source data from BI admin tool, the changes are not showing for some reason, I did clear all cache from Manage-Cache, however the changes still not showing.
Any idea? We use OBIEE 11g
Thanks
Don

Restart the services.
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You can load the data into a staging table with a clob column, then insert into your target table using substr, as demonstated below. I have truncated the data display to save space.
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XYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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XYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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7 /
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3 /
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2 /
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1
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XYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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