Displaying and Editing Dimension Aliases

In the Alias tab, you can see a list of current aliases for a dimension.

See the following topics for other information about aliases and alias sets:

  To display and edit the assigned alias sets for a dimension:

  1. Access dimension properties tabs of the Essbase Model Properties dialog box using the procedure in Accessing the Dimension Properties Tabs.

  2. Select the Alias tab.

    The list of aliases assigned to the dimension, if any, is displayed. The name shown in the Alias Set column maps to the Name in Cube specified in Alias tab for the Essbase model.

  3. Optional: Edit the entry in the Source Mapping column to update the dimension alias for a selected dimension.

    For example, for a dimension named “Product” using a French alias set of , you might enter “Produit” in the Source Mapping column.

  4. Repeat step 3 for each dimension whose alias source mapping you want to change.

Note:

To modify alias assignments, see Selecting Alias Sets for an Essbase Model.

You can edit dimension aliases by adding prefixes or suffixes to them. The procedures for doing this are the same as the procedures for adding prefixes or suffixes to member aliases.

  To add prefixes to dimension aliases, follow the procedure in Adding Prefixes to Aliases.

  To add suffixes to dimension aliases, follow the procedure in Adding Suffixes to Aliases.