Alias

Alias refers to an assumed name or pseudonym. Alias section within the Infrastructure system facilitates you to define an Alias for a table and specify the join condition between fact and dimension table. Alias defined to a table help you to query data for varied analytical requirements.

The roles mapped to Alias module are as follows:

Alias Access
Alias Advanced
Alias Authorize
Alias Phantom
Alias Read Only
Alias Write

For all the roles and descriptions, see Appendix A.

To open the Alias Summary window, from the LHS menu, select Common Tasks, select Unified Analytical Metadata, and then select Alias.

Figure 8-1 Alias Summary window

This illustration shows the Alias Summary window. You can also add a new Alias, view the Alias details and delete an existing Alias. The window has the Search and Filter and Aliases panes. In the Search and Filter pane, you can specify the details of the alias to search. In the Aliases pane, the search results are displayed, you can also Add, View, and Delete the Alias.

The Alias Summary window displays the Alias name of the selected Entity. You can also add a new Alias, view the Alias details and delete an existing Alias. Click the Column header names to sort the column names in ascending or descending order. Click the Retain button if you want to retain your user preferences so that when you login next time, the column names will be sorted in the same way. To reset the user preferences, click the Reset button.