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Get the dimension attribute name from DefaultDimensionView

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Posted on by Tony zhong 901

Hi guys,

How to get Dimension attribute name (description) for DefaultDimensionView ?

In DefaultDiemnsionView, I found there are DISPLAYVALUE which is the code like "001" or "XX1" and NAME which is the type of dimension for example "Cost center" or "Department", but I also need the description of that code "001" is, which is if  it is Cost center, it would be the cost center name.

Can I just look to some table and join it ? and what is the key for the join.

Thanks,

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    André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 301,069 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi Tony,

    You can link the table DimensionAttribute with this view to get the name of the dimension belonging to the value.

  • Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Tony,

    What is it that you try to achieve here?

    Can you share some additional background information on this requirement?

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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    Satish Panwar Profile Picture
    Satish Panwar 14,671 Moderator on at

    Hi Tony,

    Use FINANCIALDIMENSIONVALUEENTITY to find the description. See below. Note that you if you are working on cloud environment, you won't have access to SQL database so plan your solution accordingly. Hope below helps.

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    André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 301,069 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi Tony,

    You can link the table DimensionAttribute with this view to get the name of the dimension belonging to the value.

  • Tony zhong Profile Picture
    Tony zhong 901 on at

    Hi,

    Many thanks guys for all the suggestion. I'm using the one from Satish as I find it more easier for my circumstances.

    So the purpose is only to get the description of the dimension value that I got from DefaultDimensionView.

    But I'm using the View FINANCIALDIMENSIONVALUEENTITYVIEW instead the DataEntity.

    I can however use the DimensionAttribute table and find the viewname inside and using it like for example DimAttributeOMCostCenter, but at the moment I'd like to use the more fastest way to do it.

    Thanks again.

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