OBIEE 11g - Formatting a dahboard/report based on users

Hi All,
Could someone please tell me if it is possible to format a report based on different users so that when User1 logs in and clicks Report1, then he/she can view the data with Format1 (lets say value is bold, with green colour in background etc) whereas when User2 clicks Report1, then he/she can view the same data but with Format2 ( value not in bold, with blue colour in background etc).
I am not sure if we can do something with CSS styling based on users.
Thanks,
Sneha

Hi Sneha,
Try to use Conditional Formatting.
1> Pull one extra column in your report along with required columns in report.
2> In that extra column in fx put user();
3> In the column where you want bold and background color based on user, set conditional format (Add condition extra column = A, then Bold and BG Color).
4> Hide that extra column.
Please let me know whether it resolves your issue.
Thanks
Anirban

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