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How to Rename Objects on Reports

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You can rename an object on a report to make it easier for you and other users to identify the object and its role on the report. For example, you can rename the Employees attribute to Associates so that all employees are listed in a column named Associates.

A metric name can also be changed dynamically, depending on the prompt answer. For example, a report contains the Region attribute and the Revenue metric. The report is filtered by a prompt on the Year attribute. The metric name can include the years selected in the prompt, such as "Revenue for 2010" or "Revenue for 2010, 2011".

To Rename an Object on a Report

  1. Click the name of the report to execute it.

  2. On the grid, right-click the object to rename and select Rename.

    If DHTML is disabled: From the Data drop-down list, select Rename/Edit Objects, then click the Go icon. From the drop-down list, select the object to rename and click the Go icon again.

  3. Type a new name for the object in the Name field.
  4. Click OK.
  5. If the object is not automatically renamed, do the following:
    1. Save the report.
    2. At the prompt, click Run newly saved report.

To Dynamically Rename a Metric on a Report

Prompt answers are used to dynamically rename a metric. Ensure that you know the name of the prompt before you run the report. If the report contains the prompt, it must be a stand-alone prompt that is not embedded in the report, since an embedded prompt does not have a name. For a description of the differences, see About prompts.

  1. Click the name of the report to execute it.
  2. On the grid, right-click the metric to rename and select Rename.

  3. Type the new name in the Name field, adding ?[prompt name] to the name.

    For example, if the metric is Revenue, the prompt is named "Choose one or more years", and you want the new name of the metric to be "Revenue for Year" where Year is the prompt answer, type Revenue for ?[Choose one or more years] in the Name field.

    The new metric name must be unique in the report.

  4. Select the Replace dynamic text checkbox.
  5. Click OK.
  6. If the object is not automatically renamed, do the following:
    1. Save the report.
    2. At the prompt, click Run newly saved report.

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