Drilldown a hierarchy in Answers

Hi, I'm new with OBIEE and I created a dimension Geography with hierarchy State -> Region -> City using BI Admin.
After that I update my repository (consistency checked), restart the BI server and go to Answers webpage, but when I select my Subject Area I can see only the Logical Tables Columns of the Logical Table Geography... is there any other way to navigate and view my dimension (with its levels with names created in BI Admin) without indicate for example the GEOG_STATE column as drilldown root level?
How can I view my BI Admin metadata objects in Answers webpage?
Any suggestion will be much appreciated!

Hi,
Why do you want to see the hierarchy and level names in Answers? What are you trying to achieve for the users? This seems like a strange requirement to me, why would an end user want to see the level names of a hierarchy, it's seems unlikely that they would care about that.
However, you can implement the metadata dictionary, this then allows you to click on the little dictionary icon for an answers column, follow a link to the logical column for that presentation column, and from there you can see what dimensions this logical column is a part of. You can then follow the link to the dimension to see more details on this dimension. The metadata dictionary provides access to the metadata that the presentation columns are based on. I would still say that this is of minimal use to most users as they need to understand the RPD structure to get anything from it.
Regards,
Matt

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