Aliases

You can create aliases for members. These override a member's caption for a connection whenever it's returned.

You can set up member aliases per member or based on a member property.

To create a specific alias, open the Anaplan XL > Options > Workbook Options screen and turn on Overtyping a Grid creates an Alias. You can type on a grid to create the aliases you want.

To create a member property alias, go to Anaplan XL > Manage > More > Manage Aliases... You can pick a hierarchy level and the property to use as the caption. As these properties must now be returned from the cube, you may need to turn off member properties on the Grid properties screen. Set Member property display style to Member.

Dimensions and Hierarchies can also be given aliases. In the Manage Aliases screen, enter the object unique names and the required alias. Unique names will contain brackets of the form [Dimension] or [Dimension].[Hierarchy].

You don't need to fill in the original caption.

Aliases apply to an individual connection in the workbook. If you need to see the alias in one part of the report and the original caption in another, then you can create two connections to the same cube. Link these parts together by driving them from a range using the member's unique name.