OUTALTNAMES

Displays alias names for members in a report.

May be used in conjunction with OUTMBRNAME to switch between member names and alias names in report rows.

The member name, not the alias name, is the default for reporting.

Syntax

{ OUTALTNAMES }

Notes

OUTALTNAMES cannot be used on duplicate member outlines. See REPALIAS.
OUTALTNAMES is a setting command.
The OUTALTMBR or OUTMBRALT commands may be used to redefine the alternate names definition.

Example

The following example is based on Sample Basic.

{WIDTH 15}
//{OUTALTNAMES} If used (commented out), displays alias names for column headers
<PAGE (Measures)
Sales
<COL (Year, Market, Scenario)
Jan Feb Mar
 East Actual
<ROW(Measures)
{OUTALTNAMES}
// These members display with aliases.
<IDESCENDANTS "100"
{OUTMBRNAMES}
// These members display their member names as defined in the outline.
<IDESCENDANTS "200"
{OUTALTNAMES}
// Switches back to alias names, as defined in the current alias table.
<IDESCENDANTS "400"
!

This example produces the following report:

                              Sales East Actual 
                            Jan            Feb            Mar 
                 ============== ============== ============== 
Cola                      1,812          1,754          1,805 
Diet Cola                   200            206            214 
Caffeine Free Cola           93            101            107 
  Colas                   2,105          2,061          2,126 
200-10                      647            668            672 
200-20                      310            310            312 
200-30                 #Missing       #Missing       #Missing 
200-40                      896            988            923 
  200                     1,853          1,966          1,907 
Grape                       562            560            560 
Orange                      219            243            213 
Strawberry                  432            469            477 
  Fruit Soda              1,213          1,272          1,250