Presentation Layer - Custom Display Name

We use Oracle Datamarts as Data Source thus in our Repository a lot of information is just routed through. Of course we configured the joins in the physical layer and added some hierarchies, joins and calculated measures to the business model.
The question is now where to set the right column names which the end users will see (translation from technical column names to business column names). Normally I read that the naming should be done in the business model and then can be copied to the presentation model.
Is there any reason why not to leave alle the technical column names through to the presentation model and just to do the naming with the Custom Display Names? This had the advantage that we could rename the column display names and the reports never had to be modified.
Thank you for your thoughts and input

The main reason could be this:
If the attribute has been used in multiple subject areas, there is no need to go each subject areas and rename them, instead a one time rename in Business Modeling layer will do the work. Eg. Suppose there is a common dimension, say, Supplier/Customer/Time which are used in multiple subject areas. Renaming in Business modeling layer will be easier than going to each subject areas and rename them in presentation.
Hope this helps..
Thanks,
Anilesh

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