Modify a Presentation Column Name

When you drag and drop a logical table or logical columns to the presentation layer, by default the resulting presentation columns have the same names as the logical columns they're based on. You can use a logical column name or change a presentation column's name to a more user-friendly name.

Select the Use Logical Column Name field if you want to keep the presentation column's name in synch with its corresponding logical column. When you select Use Logical Column Name, the presentation column's Name field is set to read-only and displays the corresponding logical column's name.

The Alternate Names field tracks the column's previous names. Alternate names prevent breaking queries that include the object's previous names. See About Alternative Names for Presentation Objects.

1. On your home page, click Navigator and then click Semantic Models.
2. In the Semantic Models page, click a semantic model to open it.
3. Click Presentation Layer .
4. In the Presentation Layer pane locate and expand the presentation table containing the column to rename. Double-click the column.
5. In Name, enter a new name for the column.
6. Optional: Click Use Logical Column Name to keep the presentation column's name in synch with the selected logical column's name.
7. Optional: In Alternate Names, enter an alternate name and press Enter. Repeat this step to add more alternate names for the column.
8. Click Save.