Creating Essbase measure hierarchy in OBIEE

Hi All,
I have imported Essbase cube(11.1.2) to OBIEE 11.1.1.7 .
In RPD i have clicked on "convert measure dimension to flat measures" in physical layer.
Now measures are showing up as
                                              Meas1
                                              Meas2
                                              Meas3
                                              Meas4
But i want meas2,meas3,meas4 to be child of Meas1 and Meas1 is "level only" .
How to achive this in obiee?
Thanks,
Gourab

Raj,
I think we can't create Hierarchy for Measures ie for FACT table.
Thanks,
Balaa...

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