Alias Dimensions

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.

When installation is complete, a "Default" alias table is available. After redeployment, you can view the alias on all screens that use the Management Ledger member selector, such as the Rule Definition screen.

When working with Management Ledger alias dimensions, keep in mind the following points:

• Duplicate member names or aliases are not allowed within the same dimension.

• When when importing a dimension file into a Management Ledger application, if you define an alias table in the header, then you must define alias values for all of the members in the dimension. The alias value does not necessarily have to be different from the original member name, but you do need to specify a value for each alias table on each member row in the file.