Best-practice on naming dimensions to match Oracle data source

Hi all,
I have a DW that will consist of a number of Oracle datamarts and multiple Essbase hypercubes. Can anyone advise on the naming of dimension fields that I will want to federate with the Oracle datamarts in OBIEE
I.e. Should they be the same name - If my column in an oracle table is CLIENT_ID, then have the dimension in Essbase the same name? Does it make a difference?
Thanks in advance

Hi There,
As long as your member names don't clash with the reserved keywords in Essbase (Pls. refer to dbag for details), we shouldn't have any problem. Any name goes. One of the few important rules is that- We can't have a member name whose string length is exceeding 80 characters.
As far as naming standards are concerned, professionals are generally focussed at giving the right name for the Essbase application/database. This's half the game when we've many data marts. While it would be nice to have custom names in Essbase, it's not recommended because- retaining the members in their natural state would avoid complaints from users, in future *&* most importantly, avoid manual intervention by developers/Support group. The ideal scenario is- To let whatever is there at source flow through to Essbase via your Marts.
Having the data models & requirements, you're the right person to decide on the naming conventions than anybody else :D.
- Natesh

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