Obiee 11g: Including derived columns into column selector

Hi All,
The attributes appearing in the left pane while editing an answer can be included in a column selector.
But in the UI the is there any way to specify the columns (measures) which are created using the existing columns based on some formula. (Front end measures) to be included in the column selector.
Please help me..
Thanks in advance.
SwatP
Edited by: 983356 on Mar 5, 2013 8:39 PM

Hi,
Have a look at the following links:
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