About Working with Essbase Alias Tables

Essbase cubes support aliases, which are alternate names for members or shared members. Members might have separate aliases for each user language to enable users to view member names in their own language.

For example, the member name might be a product code (100), with a default alias for the product name (Cola) and an additional alias for the long name (Cherry Cola).

Aliases are stored in alias tables that map a specific set of alias names to member names. A default alias table exists for each cube.