OBIEE Integration existing BI Publisher Report

I am trying to look for a work around exposing BI Publisher report via OBIEE Dashbaord;
Originally; I used the gadget to link directly to the BI Publisher report and selected the relative path to open; I noticed, in having 10 links on one dashboard that it was hammering performance. When I removed these BI Publisher links Dashboard ran pretty quick. I though originally by selecting 'Link' on Bi Publisher gadget that it was just a link; This assumption doesn't seem to be the case; As work arounds I have tried to use Link and Guided Navigation gagdets; but when I use these (when user selects it doesn't seem to carry user credentials to BI Publisher and requires login)
Has anyone experienced a similar situation and can anyone think of a work around
Thank you in advance for your help

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[9/16/13 8:05:32 AM] [OPPServiceThread0] Post-processing request 3597581.
[9/16/13 8:55:50 AM] [OPPServiceThread0] Post-processing request 3597617.
[9/16/13 9:10:13 AM] [OPPServiceThread1] Post-processing request 3597629.
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Edited by: user1146711 on Aug 18, 2011 2:00 PM
Edited by: user1146711 on Aug 18, 2011 2:02 PM
Edited by: user1146711 on Aug 18, 2011 2:03 PM

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