Enabling Application Dimension Alias

You can enable Application Dimension Alias support for Task Manager and Supplemental Data Manager . Within the application, administrators can assign alternate names, or aliases, to system dimensions and user-defined dimension members. The application allows up to 30 aliases per dimension member, including the default alias. See Working with Alias Tables in Administering Tax Reporting.

When enabled, the Year and Period dimensions will display to the user their alternative alias table labels based on the user’s preferred alias table selection and member name display preference. The alias labels will be displayed within the listing page columns, filter bars, and dashboard displays. Users can set their alias table selection and member name display preference within the User Preferences > General > Alias Settings. See Setting the Display of Member Names or Aliases in Working with Tax Reporting.

Note:

The Year dimension will be renamed from Year to Years and its members will have the fiscal year format (FY00).

If the Dimension Alias support is disabled, then Years will revert to Year and display as numeric values (example, 2024, 2025, and so on) and Periods will be shown with their default Member Name. They will be displayed this way regardless of the user’s preferred Alias table selection.

To enable or disable dimension alias:

  1. Go to Applications > Task Manager > System Settings.

    The Manage System Settings page is displayed.

  2. Click Translation and then select the Enable Dimension Aliases option. To disable dimension alias, clear this option.

    Note:

    Dimension Alias support is configured for Supplemental Data Manager within the Task Manager System Settings.

After enabling or disabling this option, the database is refreshed on the application. The Refresh Dimensional Metadata job is initiated to copy the metadata.

The following jobs may be queued if they are triggered:

  • LCM Import
  • LCM Export
  • Import Tasks
  • Deploy Form
  • Import Reports

As the Year value can be modified from FY00 format to numerical format and vice versa, the preceding jobs are blocked until the Refresh Dimensional Metadata job is completed.

After the database is refreshed, you must sign-off and sign-in to view the alias support. All dimensions will be realigned with the application dimension definitions. All references to the year dimension and members will automatically be updated. Custom Report definitions may need to be revised depending on how the Year dimension was referenced.