Before You Begin

This tutorial shows you how to update the column names in your dataset in Oracle Analytics.

Background

When preparing a dataset, you no longer need to update column names individually. Oracle Analytics enables updating the columns in the dataset with column rename recommendations with one action.

You can leave the table column names as is by choosing None or you can:

• Change an underscore (_) to a space
• Change a space to an underscore (_)
• Remove underscores without adding a space
• Remove spaces

Using any of the column rename options, except None, changes the uppercase column names to title case column names. For example, COMPANY changes to Company for any of the rename choices, except None.

To keep original column name remove the check next to the column.

What Do You Need?

• Access to Oracle Analytics
• Download sample_order_lines_abbrv.xlsx to your computer

Create a Dataset

In this section, you create a dataset with the sample_order_lines_abbrv.xlsx file.

1. Sign in to Oracle Analytics.
2. On your home page, click Create and click Dataset.
3. In Create Database, click Drop data file here or click to browse. In File Upload, select sample_order_lines_abbrv.xlsx and click Open.
4. In Create Dataset Table from sample_order_lines_abbrv, click OK.
5. Click Save . In Save Dataset As, enter sample_order_lines_abbrv and click OK.

   
   

   

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Rename Columns

In this section, you replace column names to assist users in understanding the data.

1. Click the sample_order_lines_abbrv tab. Click Table Recommendations .
2. In Table Recommendations, click Title Case under Case to see the available options. Keep the Title Case option.

   
   

   

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3. Click Change underscore(_) to a space under Replace to see the available column name change options.

   
   

   

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4. Keep the Change underscore(_) to a space.
5. Click Generate Column Names to access the large language model and replace the column names.

   
   

   

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6. Scroll through the New column names to see if you want to make additional changes. Click Shipping Date, delete ping to change the column name to Ship Date.

   
   

   

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7. Click Apply. Click Save .

Review the Replacement Column Names

In this section, you review the changes. In the Preparation Script, you can edit or delete changes to column names.

1. Scroll through the Preparation Script to see the name changes made to the dataset.

   
   

   

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2. Click Metadata to review the column names and sample values.

   
   

   

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Learn More

• Rename Columns Using AI Assistant

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Rename Dataset Columns in Oracle Analytics

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September 2025

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Learn how to change column names to remove underscores and change uppercase column names to title case in Oracle Analytics.

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