Importing extra columns in physical tables

hi gems...
am new in OBIEE(10.1.3.4.1)...till today i worked on the repository which is already been built by someone.
meanwhile the product has been upgraded and thats why there are lots of tables and lots of columns in existing tables have been added to the schema.
so now as per the requirement, i need to import some of the new tables and all the new columns in the existing tables in the repository.
New tables i can import from the option file-->import-->from database.
But how can i import the new columns in the existing tables?? is there any other way out than to do that manually one by one and then updating all the row counts??
please help...thanks in advance...

Hi,
It's also similar...
go to u RPD--> menu--> file--> import metadata--> enter user ID,password of u r DSN then u
Just select the new columns/table then import it.
save it and then update all row counts.
obiee10g link refer:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/tutorials/obiee10g-453439.html
http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/fmw/bi/biee/r1013/bi_admin/biadmin.html
Thanks
Deva

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