Hi All,
Whats the quickest way to edit an element name without having to recreate another element with the proper name?
edit element name
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Re: edit element name
Please stop posting into the General forum; TM1 queries should be in the TM1 forum.nxw wrote:Hi All,
Whats the quickest way to edit an element name without having to recreate another element with the proper name?
Use the search feature at top right to look through threads relating to the SwapAliasWithPrincipalName function.
Personally I wouldn't trust it; I'd prefer to export the data, change the name and re-import it. Still, it exists and as long as you back up the data first it may do what you need.
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Re: edit element name
One cannot help but wonder whether these issues are related 
http://www.tm1forum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 622#p59619
http://www.tm1forum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 622#p59619
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Re: edit element name
I guess he needs to edit the element names because the users typed them in wrong.lotsaram wrote:One cannot help but wonder whether these issues are related
http://www.tm1forum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 622#p59619
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Re: edit element name
Seems indeed very plausibletomok wrote:I guess he needs to edit the element names because the users typed them in wrong.lotsaram wrote:One cannot help but wonder whether these issues are related
http://www.tm1forum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 622#p59619
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Re: edit element name
PATCH REST API, may be???
But could potentially open up another can of worms.
But could potentially open up another can of worms.
MK