OBIEE lookup between two analysis?

Question

Is it possible to create an excel 'vlookup' style linkage between two analysis in OBIEE?
For example:
Analysis A has a list of customer ID's and their YTD revenue.
Customer_Id
YTD_Revenue
1234
$54321
4321
$12345
Analysis B has a customer ID's and total AR billings for the year:
Customer_Id
YTD_Billings
1234
$231
4321
$894
Is it possible to "lookup" the YTD revenue by Customer_Id from the first analysis and use it in the second? I know this can be accomplished in SQL with sub-queries, but I'm not sure if I can do this in the OBIEE.

Answer 1

It depends on what you would like to accomplish. You have three options:
1) Create a union all request. Create 3 columns: Customer_id, YTD_Billings and YTD_Revenue. In the first part of the union use Customer_Id and YTD_Billings and a surrogate column (''). The second part of the union has Customer_Id, a surrogate column and the YTD_Revenue column.
2) create an Advanced filter - Sub query. Filter the report on the results of the other report.
3) Direct Database request. Use a query as you like as a source for your report.