Hi everyone,

Does anyone know why, in the Cube Viewer, you can't display alias attributes alongside the members. When you click on Show Attributes, the menu only displays the text and numeric attributes of the members in the dimension/hierarchy. 

I'm sure there will be a good reason why they don't/it wouldn't make sense but I've found myself on a few occasions wanting to put alias elements side by side in the view to provide more context to the user without having to create a new attribute that combines them.

Mant thanks,

Chris

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Chris Davidson
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Hi Chris, also not sure why there is that limitation but you can work around it using a calculated member in MDX.

Have a look in the blogs at part 5 of my series on MDX views or here

Using this technique, you could stack multiple aliases and have them in the workbook, should you export the view.

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George Tonkin
Business Partner
MCI Consultants
Johannesburg
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Thanks George! That's really good information and a useful set of techniques!

Chris

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Chris Davidson
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon July 22, 2024 03:42 PM
From: George Tonkin
Subject: Showing Alias Attributes in Cube Viewer

Hi Chris, also not sure why there is that limitation but you can work around it using a calculated member in MDX.

Have a look in the blogs at part 5 of my series on MDX views or here

Using this technique, you could stack multiple aliases and have them in the workbook, should you export the view.

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George Tonkin
Business Partner
MCI Consultants
Johannesburg
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Just found that there was an Idea created a couple of years ago for this so it seems there wasn't/isn't a huge technical reason for not including them but clearly some dev work needed to make it happen.

Aliases and Attributes to | IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers

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Chris Davidson
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Haha - that is my Idea... 

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George Tonkin
Business Partner
MCI Consultants
Johannesburg
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon July 29, 2024 07:59 AM
From: Chris Davidson
Subject: Showing Alias Attributes in Cube Viewer

Just found that there was an Idea created a couple of years ago for this so it seems there wasn't/isn't a huge technical reason for not including them but clearly some dev work needed to make it happen.

Aliases and Attributes to | IBM Data and AI Ideas Portal for Customers

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Chris Davidson
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