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2134371 - Dimensions with {} surrounding the name show up as blank in the dimensions picker

Symptom

Dimensions with {} surrounding the name show up as blank in the dimensions picker

Environment

SAP Lumira

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Start SAP Lumira
  2. Create a New Document
  3. Create a new Dataset
  4. Go to the Prepare room
  5. Rename an existing Dimension such as Dimension1 to {Dimension1}
  6. Create a Calculated Dimension based on {Dimension1} and notice that the Formual contains {{Dimension1}} and is not accepted
  7. Also notice that {Dimension1} appears blank in the Dimensions list and {} is placed in the Formula when double-clicked

Cause

{} are not currently supported in SAP Lumira Calcuated Dimensions

Resolution

Do not use {} characters in the names of Dimensions

Keywords

brackets parenthesis characters dimension names char , KBA , BI-LUM-DIS , Lumira Desktop/Discovery , Problem

Product

SAP Lumira, desktop edition 1.0