Specify a name and description for the new date hierarchy.

13-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer If you then create a new date hierarchy WWDD and assign it to Transaction Date, Discoverer creates the following additional items in the folder: ■ Transaction Date WW ■ Transaction Date DD Discoverer does not delete the other three date items created previously. To apply a date hierarchy template to a date item:

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Click the date item on the Data tab and choose Edit | Properties to display the Item Properties dialog . Tip : To apply a single date hierarchy template to more than one date item at a time, select all the date items before opening the Properties dialog. For more information, see How to edit item properties . 2. Select the date hierarchy template for this date item to use from the drop-down list in the Date Hierarchy field. Select None to make the date item not use a date hierarchy template. 3. Click OK. How to set the default date hierarchy template The default date hierarchy template is displayed as the default selection in the Load Wizard step 4 in the Date hierarchies, using: drop down list. For more information see Load Wizard: Step 4 dialog . To set the default date hierarchy template:

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Expand the Date hierarchy templates on the Workarea: Hierarchies tab to display all the date hierarchy templates. 2. Select the date hierarchy template you want to set as the default. 3. Choose Edit | Edit…to display the Edit Hierarchy dialog: Name tab .

4. Select the Set as default date hierarchy check box on the Name tab.

5. Click OK. How to delete item hierarchies or date hierarchy templates To delete item hierarchies or date hierarchy templates:

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Select the item hierarchy or date hierarchy template on the Workarea: Hierarchies tab . You can select more than one hierarchy at a time by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking another hierarchy. 2. Choose Edit | Delete to open the Confirm Delete dialog . 3. optional To see the objects that might be affected by deleting this hierarchy or hierarchy template: a. Click Impact to display the Impact dialog .