Change subject area of existing reports......

hi all
Is it possible to change the subject area of the existing reports.
in my case i had 3 reports on my dashboard having different subject areas.
i went to the rpd level. and created a new subject area within the rpd which consists of all the 3 subject areas.
is it possible, that i can use this new integrated subject area for my reports and dashboards that i creatd
regards
mahis

go to the advanced tab of each request/report
then you find Enter the name of the Subject Area field.. where you see your old subject area
replace that with your new subject area name..
Note: need not to click on Set SQL
you also can do that in catalog manager.. open that report, right click properties > edit xml, replace old subject area name with new one...
but, i prefer first one
finally, why your all threads are opened?
close them if they answered and respond back to them by assigning points..
Edited by: Kishore Guggilla on Nov 26, 2010 5:55 PM

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