Name attribute
String custom hierarchies and the OLAP Metadata Hierarchy have an attribute called Name. The Name attribute is specified and stored in the Name column of the Table of Names and Texts in the Hierarchy Designer.
See Creating custom hierarchies.
How you access the Name attribute depends on whether the custom
hierarchy is in a hyperblock, or in another type of list object.
- Name attribute in hyperblocks
- There are two ways to access the Name attribute of a custom
hierarchy in a hyperblock:
- Select Object Properties dialog. In View mode, the name attributes of the elements are displayed. as the value of the key output cell in the
- Specify an ROA, GETNAME, or GETOLAPNAME formula in the value cell of the hyperblock. In View mode, the elements of the custom hierarchy and their name attributes are displayed.
- Name attribute in list views
- If a custom hierarchy is in a combo box, list box, or group of option buttons you can access the Name attribute by selecting Text format of the list field in the Object Properties dialog. in the
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