About Alias Tables

You can assign alternate names, or aliases, to dimension members. You can create and update alias tables, and set a default alias table for the application.

Multiple alias tables support, for example, these language combinations:

• English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian

• Japanese and English

• Korean and English

• Turkish and English

When you create an alias table, the following restrictions apply to alias table names:

• Alias Table name length limit: 30 characters maximum

• Naming conventions: same as Dimension, Member and Alias naming conventions. See Naming Restrictions for Dimensions, Members, and Aliases.

  Dimension names that are the same name as a member property or a column header in the metadata load file (for example, Data Type) cannot be used.

You can set alias tables to display members in an application. To specify Alias Table settings, see Managing Application and System Settings.