CatalogPath in Instanceconfig.xml

I have created a repository and in the presentation layer I have three subject areas.
Now I want to change the instanceconfig.xml so that i have separate catalog folder for each subject area. So can i have define catalogpath like below, I mean can I have more then 1 entry for catalogPath in Instanceconfih.xml.
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/paint</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea1</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea2</CatalogPath>
<CatalogPath>D:/OracleBIData/web/catalog/SubjectArea3</CatalogPath>
Please guide

If only it were that simple! Unfortunately the presentation server needs to know which catalog to use, and can only use one at a time, if you wish to be able swap between them without constantly renaming the catalog you need to configure multiple instances of the presentation services.
Read this blog
http://bvellinger.blogspot.com/2008/01/obiee-10132-and-multiple-presentation.html
I suspect thsi isn't really what you want, there are probably easier ways to achieve the result you want, why do you want one catalog per subject area?
Rgds
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g'day
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