General doubt logical layer

Hi every one,
I am trying to get a single table into presentationlayer, Can I just import that table X to physical and drag to logical and then to presentation??
or do need a star schema(joins) in logical inorder to be consistent?

Srini is correct, but there are ways you can do what you need without OBIEE getting unhappy. One quick solution would be to create a logical table from a formula based on the table you need to import. Then join the two tables together in the logical column. Drag both to presentation layer.
This will allow OBIEE to validate and you will be able to see the results in Analytics if you create a quick analysis.
Geo

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Thank You for your reply.
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Check here : How to create a measure from data that is stored in a dimension table
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Good Morning all;
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>> This code collected from web >>
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE employer_details
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REF_LINK : http://plsql-tutorial.com/plsql-procedures.htm
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Name                                      Null?    Type
EID                                                      NUMBER
ENAME                                              VARCHAR2(15)
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ECITY                                                 VARCHAR2(15)
EPERK                                                NUMBER
ECONTACT_NO                                NUMBER
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Reading is one thing. Trying another. Just try to run the code in the DB. (Perhaps you may try apex.oracle.com)
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