It should be possible to preselect the alias as the default value to avoid confusing users with IDs defined as base elements.
The setting should be made user-specific.
Default Alias is also already requested in other votes:
http://feedback.jedox.com/forums/220460-jedox-feature-voting-tool/suggestions/31462456-option-to-set-atribute-as-default-alias-and-to-set
http://feedback.jedox.com/forums/220460-jedox-feature-voting-tool/suggestions/4547449-use-standard-alias-for-dimensions-in-pase-view
--> here it is even marked as "started", but this was Oct 2014 ..no results so far ..
On a per user and per dimension basis information about the last selected alias should be stored and retrieved, when opening a new view.
That would help users to work faster with their data.
Default Alias in Views: Apply Alias automatically in Select Elements Dialogue
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First off, it is great that it's possible to define a default alias per dimension. Unfortunately, in the Excel Add-in, the default alias is only automatically applied when a view is pasted, but not in the Select Elements dialog. Since the elements...