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Anatess
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I was wondering if there is a way to change the OLAP Dimension fieldname to be more meaningful without touching the master file description? Kinda like using AS in a PRINT statement.
Example
OLAP DIMENSIONS
TIMEFRAME:  YR, QTR, PRD, MTH, WK;
END


Would be nice to replace YR with Year, QTR with Quarter and so on... in the OLAP Pane.

Was thinking of running a TABLE FILE and changing the names with AS, but I'm thinking this would cause me to have to go through the data twice... so, there's must be another way, I hope.


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Tony A
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Anatess,

If only you trusted your thoughts and had the confidence to try them -

TABLE FILE yourolapfile
SUM measurefield
BY YR AS 'Year'
BY QTR AS 'Quarter'
etc.....

Should give you what you want.

T


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Tony,
I noticed though, that the pane that shows the filter criteria (I have it showing on top and tabbed nice and neat) still uses the actual fieldnames and not the 'AS' names. When you click OLAP (to add/delete fields or pivot the table, etc.), the dimensions are showing with the 'AS' names. So, they're not matching and I can see how this would cause the users some confusion.


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I must admit that I only have the columns and the OLAP panel showing on the one I used.

Maybe you could use a define and then redeclare the dimensions and measures?

T


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