OBIEE 11g - formatting hierarchy levels

Hi, I'm playing with the new hierarchy functionality in 11g. I've found in the criteria tab where it's possible to give the dimension members different formats based on what level of the hierarchy they are at (using the "Hierarchy Level Properties" dialog). This formats the dimension lables appropriately, But I also want the associated numbers to inherit the same formatting. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks!
Scott

Ok, that's too bad. No way to format individual items, we're talking about thousands of accounts in an account hierarchy. I'll put in an enhancement request for this feature. I guess one related question, is there any way in answers to add a column that returns what level of a hierarchy the given row is at? If I could do that, then I could format the measures conditionally based on that column?
Thanks,
Scott

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