You can assign alternate names, or aliases, to Planning Account, Currency, Entity, Scenario, Period, Version, Year, and user-defined dimension members. Planning allows up to 10 aliases per dimension member, including the default alias.
When creating a Planning application, Essbase creates an empty default alias table in the database outline. If you do not create other alias tables, all aliases are stored in this default table. You cannot delete the default table.
You can create up to nine alias tables in Essbase. If you add or change aliases or alias tables, you must refresh the application. Changes are not in effect until the database is updated. To view the database outline, open Administration Services Console, select Outline, then Aliases, then Set Table, and select an alias table. You can use only alias tables created from within Planning. Alias tables created outside Planning are deleted during application refresh.
Multiple alias tables support these language combinations:
English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian
Japanese and English
Korean and English
Turkish and English
You can set alias tables to display members in applications. Planners can set alias tables in preferences.