MicroStrategy ONE
Configuring whether to use aliases in the filter details auto text code
Before you begin
This topic assumes that you are familiar with filters, especially the different types of filters and the components of filters. For background information, see Filters.
Auto text codes are document or dataset variable information. The filter details auto text code displays the report filter and report limit of the specified dataset report by default, although other types of filters can be displayed. For more information on displaying other types, see Configuring the content of the filter details auto text code.
You can rename an object on a report, to display a more meaningful description in the context of that particular report, for example. An alias does not change the name of the object, only the name displayed on the report. A filter still uses the name of the object, not the alias. You can determine whether aliases replace object names in a filter details auto text code.
For example, the Revenue metric has been aliased as Sales in the dataset report used in a document. The first filter details auto text code uses the alias, while the second does not.
(Region = Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast) AND (Sales > 6,000,000)
(Region = Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast) AND (Revenue> 6,000,000)
You can choose to inherit the setting instead. If you are configuring the auto text codes in a specific text field, the setting is inherited from the document setting. If you are configuring all the auto text codes in the document, the setting is inherited from the report setting. For more information on the levels of inheritance, see Levels of auto text code configuration.