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Jason K.
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I have a .fex that has dimensions built in code like this
-OLAP ON
OLAP DIMENSIONS
Month: YEARMONTH, YEAR, MONTH;
Location: FACILITY_CODE, FACILITY, STORE_BUDGETED_NUMBER, STORE_BUDGETED;
SAC: SALES_ACCT_CODE, SALES_ACCT;
Customer: CUST_CLASS, CUST_CLASS_CODE, DETAIL_CUST_NUMBER, DETAIL_CUST_NAME;
Job: JOB_NUMBER, JOB_DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT, LOT_NUMBER;
PL: PL_NUMBER, PL_DESCRIPTION, GROUP_NUMBER, GROUP, SUBGROUP_NUM, SUBGROUP, ITEM_NUMBER, ITEM_DESCRIPTION;
Manufacturer: MANUFACTURER_CODE,MANUFACTURER;
Sales: EXT_SALES_DOLLARS, PROJECTED_SALES, P1EXT_SALES_DOLLARS;
END


Can I change these somehow to be more user friendly? like using the AS 'somename' for a column in a report?

Thanks!


Prod: Single Windows 2008 Server running Webfocus 7.7.03 Reporting server Web server IIS6/Tomcat, AS400 DB2 database.
 
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Anatess
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Hi Jason,
I have the same problem. Unfortunately, the name has to be the fieldname in the master file. What I have done before is to do a TABLE FILE saved to some temporary file with more meaningful names and then use that temporary file in the OLAP report.

regards,
Anatess


WF 8.1.05 Windows
 
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Jason K.
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I've found that specifying the field in the report itself will change the name.

For example
SUM
EXT_SALES_DOLLARS AS 'Month To Date Sales'

will make the olap dimension EXT_SALES_DOLLARS show up as "Month To Date Sales" in the tabbed OLAP.

This may be of use to you Anatess, so you don't have to drop all your data into a temp file.


Prod: Single Windows 2008 Server running Webfocus 7.7.03 Reporting server Web server IIS6/Tomcat, AS400 DB2 database.
 
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Anatess
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Jason,
That is true for the measures, but the dimensions don't work the same. The field names are still used in the olappane for the dimension filters. Now, if you have a COMPUTEd measure, then that doesn't use the AS name either. Funky, huh?
By the way, I'm on 7.1.3, so 7.6.2 might be different now...


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Alan B
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I believe you are right Anatess. And 7.6 is the same as 7.1.

For dimensions, you do have to go through a couple of hoops to get better names.


Alan.
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