Truncate member names in Finanial Reporting / Using Member Alias in HFR

Hello,
We have a financial Reporting where the Member names look like the following:
A_MemberName, P_MemberName, MemberName_C, etc.
We want to remove the '_' and the prefix such as A, P, C, etc.
Also, we want to remove the suffix '_C' where they occur.
How can we do this in Financial Reporting?
Turns out that the description/alias of the Member removes the prefix as the alias is: MemberName. However, the MemberAlias funciton is not working for some reason. Is it because the autocalculation is set? Either way, is there a way to do this in Financial Reporting? O
We allso want a generic way to make sure that the Alias shows and not the member name (auto-calculation is set to true). Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
-- Adi

As far as I know, there is no easy way to fix this issue on FR itself. I believe there was a similar post on the forums about a month ago. I think Iain recommended what I will recommend now. (Iain: Feel free to correct me)
Depending on your database connection, for example in an Essbase database, you can create an alternate alias table, which wouldn't have the prefix or suffix. FR lets you use different alias tables, so you could use this new alternate alias table instead of your current one.
Let me know it this doesn't make sense.
Cheers,
Mehmet
p.s. My bad, I thought this was the Reporting Forum. If you like to search your issue in the reporting forum, here is the link: Hyperion Query and Reporting
Edited by: Mehmet Sevinc on Apr 4, 2012 1:09 PM

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