KB38470: Attribute alias is not used in a Report Services document in a view filter, threshold editor and a derived element editor in MicroStrategy Developer and Web

Salesforce Solutions Architect • Strategy

This article describes an issue where attribute aliases that are created in a Report Services document are not reflected on in the editors. In some places such as: Advanced Sort, Subtotals, Custom Banding, Formatting, the attribute alias is used correctly, but in other places such as: View Filter, Thresholds, Attribute Display (forms), Derived Elements, Drill Map, the attribute alias is not used. Currently this issue is still being reviewed for feasibility by our Technology team and it is not scoped for any upcoming scheduled MicroStrategy release.

SYMPTOM:
In both Strategy Developer and Web, attribute aliases that are created in a Report Services document are not reflected on certain features in the editors.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
Follow the steps below to reproduce the issue in Strategy Tutorial project:

Create a document from a report with an attribute.
Change the attribute alias for the attribute. For this example, the alias is "x".
Notice the object alias is correctly shown on the grid.

Open a view filter editor/threshold editor/derived element editor and notice the actual object name instead of the alias is used:

CAUSE:
This is a known issue in Strategy Developer and Web

ACTION:
Currently this issue is still being reviewed for feasibility by our Technology team and it is not scoped for any upcoming scheduled Strategy release.

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Published:

May 23, 2017

Last Updated:

May 23, 2017