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Unable to modify/create a rule: Element name ambiguous "<element name>"

Troubleshooting


Problem

Error received when editing/creating a rule.

Symptom

Error: Element name ambiguous "<elementname>"

Cause

This error usually means the element appears on more than one dimension and TM1 can't sort out which one you are referencing.

Resolving The Problem

You need to define the ambiguous element with the following syntax:
[dimensionname:'elementname']

If the dimension has a hyphen, a space or starts with a number, you will still get a syntax error. To work around that problem you can create a unique alias for the element you want to use in the rule and simply reference the alias instead of the element name.

[{"Product":{"code":"SS9RXT","label":"Cognos TM1"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"TM1","Platform":[{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"9.5.2;9.5.1;9.5;10.1.0;10.1.1;10.2;10.2.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21454707