Export OBIEE 11.1.1.5 Analysis to Excel as a Pivot Table

Hello,
I am exploring the Sample App for OBIEE 11.1.1.5 and one thing that struck me was that I didn't see an export option from an Analysis where you can Export data to Excel as an "Excel Pivot Table".
In Oracle Discoverer, for a Cross-tab report (which is equivalent to OBIEE Analysis Pivot Table), when you export to Excel, it shows up in Excel like a real Pivot Table that the user can manipulate to their hearts content.
Is there an equivalent feature in OBIEE?
thanks,
Manish

I did see the export to excel links, but when the Analysis Pivot Table is exported to Excel, it's not an "Excel Pivot Table". It's a simple static excel spreadsheet.
If you export a Cross-tab worksheet in Discoverer, you will get:
– a base sheet which contains all the data in table format
– a sheet containing the pivot table
– a static sheet
It's the Pivot Table generated automatically by Discoverer that I am looking for in the Export from OBIEE Analysis.

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