Aliases are alternate names, descriptions, languages, or other items that help to define dimensions. For example, you may refer to a customer number in the system, but you can assign an alias that displays the company name on the screen, to make it easier to identify that client. You can assign one or more aliases to accounts, currencies, entities, scenarios, periods, versions, years, and user-defined dimension members.
Note: | Duplicate member names or aliases are not allowed. |
For Profitability and Cost Management, the alias must be set in Performance Management Architect. For detailed instructions on creating Alias dimensions, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management Architect Administrator's Guide .
Caution! | If an Alias association is deleted in Performance Management Architect, it is not deleted from the model. |
When installation is complete, a “Default” alias table is available. After redeployment, you can view the alias on all screens that use the Common Member Selector, including Driver Selections, Assignments, Data Entry, Driver Exceptions and Trace Allocations. Search and filtering is available when the “Show Alias” option is selected.
If you select Show Alias from the Member Selector, and no alias is assigned, the Display Name is displayed within square brackets in the list of members. For example, the member “Product” would be displayed as [product]in the list of members.
Note: | The Alias View is not available on the Select Driver selector, which is accessed when adding or modifying a driver. |
Aliases may be cloned if a particular dimension is cloned in Essbase.
To view Aliases:
From the application, select any screen that uses the Common Member Selector, such as Driver Selections, Assignments, Data Entry, Driver Exceptions and Traceability.
Click the selector button
or the Add button 
.The Select Member dialog box opens, showing all available members.
Click the Member Selector and select Show Alias
The Alias is displayed in the list of members.
Note:
If you select Show Alias from the Member Selector, and no alias is assigned, the member name is displayed in square brackets. For example, the member “Product” would be displayed as [product] in the list of members.