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Jarek_Sadowski
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Entity rename (or rename any other dimension member) - what are implications?

Hello Everyone, I need to rename a few entities as user provided incorrect names. They loaded data already and I am wondering what are exact implications of renaming them now. I tested renaming...
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    rhankey
    2 years ago

    In addition to Stage that you have already discovered, Transformation Rules, Data Sources (depending if/how you could be doing member filtering), Business Rules, Member Formulas, Dynamic Calcs, Cube Views, Confirmation Rules, Dashboard Parameters, Metadata text properties are among the other areas where members could be referenced by member name rather than MemberId.  Depending on your specific situation, none, some or all could apply to you.

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rhankey
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In addition to Stage that you have already discovered, Transformation Rules, Data Sources (depending if/how you could be doing member filtering), Business Rules, Member Formulas, Dynamic Calcs, Cube Views, Confirmation Rules, Dashboard Parameters, Metadata text properties are among the other areas where members could be referenced by member name rather than MemberId.  Depending on your specific situation, none, some or all could apply to you.

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Jarek_Sadowski
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Hello,

I mentioned cube views, business rules, etc. in my previous message. I am fully aware of that.

Basically to me it looks that if anywhere member name is hardcoded, we need to update it manually.