I'm using sql select statements to populate reports..The ideal would be to drag and drop from the base files without the alias and then remove the files from the data environment. Would save a lot of typing and deleting the alias's.

>Do you have developers who like to use the Alias? Or, do you have end-users writing thier own reports????
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>>There is a documented bug in the expression builder for report fields that disables the ability to prevent aliases from being added. The kb work around is to use quick report or the report wizard.
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>>Is there a better work around?
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>>TIA