1. Development Guidelines for Application Design Guide
  2. Data Item Alias

Data Item Alias

A data item alias is five or more alpha characters in length. The software uses the data item alias when searching within database routines (for example, application program interfaces (APIs) used in business functions) and within Table Design Aid when you create a table. For each table that you create, a prefix is added to the alias, which makes it unique to this table. For example, the alias ABMCU indicates that the data item MCU is used within the Address Book (AB) applications. You can also identify a data item by the data item name or alpha description.

Note: After you add a data item, you cannot change its name or alias.

When assigning an alias, do not:

  • Begin the alias with the characters TIP or TERM.

    Aliases that begin with TIP are reserved for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne tips information; aliases that begin with TERM are reserved for term glossaries.

  • Use blanks or special characters such as %, &, ,, ., and +.

    Neither blanks nor these characters are allowed as part of a data item alias in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software.