OBIEE 11g Drill Hierachies & Action Links

Hi Everyone,
Apologies if this has already been covered in another thread.
I have create a level based hierachy and a report with 2 columns.
Type1, #
When following the drill path the heirachy/report is as follows...
Type1,#
which drills to
Type1, Type2,#
which drills to
Type1, Type2, Type3, #
The problem, I would like to create an Action Link (navigate to BI content) on the Type3 column once at the detail and final level in the drill.
To provide further context, I have tried saving the Action link the as the default interaction for the type3 column however our version of obiee is saving/remembering the interaction choice but not the action link itself.
Any ideas??
Thanks

1. Did doing this one time create a permanent fix for you?
- Yes , The reason what I assume is XML is very sensitive and gets corrupted easily if the OBI environment is unstable.
So in my case since the number of master-detail reports was less - I actually recreated those reports. Filters were being Protected. This fixed our issue.
DO take the backup before modification.
2. Why does the protected filter help? Should we always use protected filters when navigating using an Action Link?
-No idea - As i was playing around to find the workaround - I happened to PROTECT the filters in the master reports and the trick worked out. I assume when filters are protected in master reports - OBIEE front end makes sure that actual filters are carried away when the master is navigated to detail despite XML of the master-detail setup is corrupted.
3. What is an example of an unused front end object? I am unsure as to what this is.
-Ohh- I wanted to say - Front end objects ( Reports , dashboards, Saved Filters , Actions, Agents etc which are NOT in use - or which are outdated ) can be removed.
This makes the front end setup lighter and stable.
Thank you.

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