Run Time Prompt - showing alias instead of member name

We have a Capex Planning application that uses right-click menus to launch business rules with Run Time Prompts. We are using Planning 11.1.2.1. Even we the alias table set, when opening the RTP it pulls in the member name rather than alias.
There is an Oracle KB article (Show the Alias name in the Business Rule Run-Time Prompt [ID 857832.1]) that has this solution:
Take the following steps to add the alias name to the run-time prompt along with the member name.
1. Log in to planning web.
2. Navigated to File >> Preferences >> Application settings.
3. Select Show Alias in Member Selection and change the option from no to yes.
4. Save it.
But in 11.1.2.1, there is not option for "Show Alias in Member Selection" under Planning Preferences.
We have an SR open, but figured maybe someone else has run into this issue as well.
Does anyone know how to get the aliases to show on a Run Time Prompt rule in 11.1.2.1?
Thanks for your help!!

Deleting and rebuilding the dimension in the outline will enable you to build the members in the order you may desire if the file is in a given order.

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