Flattening Essbase Measures in OBIEE 11g

Hi all,
I'm using OBIEE 11g. After importing a cube from Essbase to the physical layer in the RPD, I'm choosing "Convert measure dimension to flat measures" to flatten the measures. Now I have all the measures as a flat list. However, the "Measures" dimension/hierarchy still exists in the physical layer. I find this strange.
Then when I drag the cube to the business model layer, that "Measures" dimension/hierarchy isn't brought to the business model layer. I think this is correct, because the measures are already flattened, therefore there should not be any measure dimension/hierarchy in the business model layer.
My questions:
1. If the measure dimension/hierarchy is not used anymore in the business model layer, why does it still exist in the physical layer?
2. What is the impact if I remove it from the physical layer? (Note: I tried this, so far no error, but not sure if later on I will encounter error because of this)
Any thoughts on this? Thank you very much!

My questions:
1. If the measure dimension/hierarchy is not used anymore in the business model layer, why does it still exist in the physical layer? This is normal behavior with OBIEE 11g. It will still be there in physical layer.
2. What is the impact if I remove it from the physical layer? (Note: I tried this, so far no error, but not sure if later on I will encounter error because of this)There shudn't be any future problem incase you wanna delete it during developemet BUT think of a situation during Incremental Essbase Cube Import to OBIEE which was not possible in 10g (straight Forwardly).
I'd suggest to keep it as it is in Physical Layer inorder to avaoid any future issues/enhanced requirements.
Hope its clear Stewart !!

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