SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2909199 - Unable to Customize Column Name in Table/ Ad Hoc Reporting

Symptom

  • When generating a Table/ Ad Hoc Report, cannot locate an option to customize the column name
  • Can I customize a column name in Table/ Ad Hoc Reporting?

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Generate a Table/ Ad Hoc report
  2. Notice column names aren't descriptive
  3. Unable to locate option to customize the column name

Cause

This is expected behavior.

Resolution

It is NOT possible to change the field/column names in Table/ Ad Hoc reporting.

This is possible in Canvas (ORD) - Detailed Reporting Live data and Story Reports by using calculated columns. Instructions for the respective products are below:

See Also

Implementing and Using Canvas Reports - Creating a Calculated Column in Advanced Reporting

Using Stories in People Analytics - Creating Calculated Columns for Stories in People Analytics

Keywords

Adhoc, Detailed, Reporting, Live, Data, Rename, Field, Column, Name, Calculated, Ad Hoc, Table, Canvas, Alias, success factors, SF , KBA , LOD-SF-ANA-ADH , Adhoc Reports & Report Builder , LOD-SF-ANA-ORD , Online Report Designer , LOD-SF-ANA-SAC , Stories in People Analytics , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions