Dyanmic Column Heading in OBIEE

Hi Experts,
Can we changes the column heading dynamically.
We are using OBIEE 10G
Thanks,

Hi user,
Here is the link,might be access is denied in your system check on other system
http://total-bi.com/2011/03/obiee-dynamic-column-headings/
Anyways here it is
2.Use a session variable to dynamically set the column name in the presentation layer of the RPD. E.g.
3. Use a presentation variable as the column name.
This is probably the better of the techniques but it is still far from ideal. Simply edit the column properties and put the name as @{variable_name}{default_value}.
But we still have the problem of how to make this dynamic. Well, we can set a presentation variable using a dashboard prompt so we need to create a prompt and force it to a default value. Note that the prompt will need to be added to the dashboard but can be hidden by setting the CSS style to display:none on the dashboard section.
Cheers,
KK

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