Webi Report on top of a BEx Report vs a Universe in BI 4.0

Not sure if this belongs in this forum or a different one
I am trying to build a report in BI 4 against a BEx report and I don't know if this is possible or not. When I created the universe on top of the BEx report, the hierarchy levels convert to objects. My report requirement is to show different levels of the hierarchy on different tabs. Is there any way to break the hierarchy apart so that each level is a separate object or do I still need to go through the universe to achieve this?
thanks in advance for your help!

Srvavan
Let me try to explain in a different way. I have used the UDT in BI 4.0 to create a universe against a BEx report. As the universe is being built against the BEx report, it takes the different levels of the hierarchy and creates objects for each level. Lvl01 Cost Center, Lvl02 Cost Center... Lvln Cost Center. However when I try to create a report in Webi using the BICS connection, I only see Cost Center. Is there any way to create the Lvl01 Cost Center, Lvl02 Cost Center... Lvln Cost Center in BEx up front?
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