---
url: /set-instructions/set-the-alias-for-the-set.md
description: >-
  The set will use the equivalent names for each element from the alias
  provided, overriding the dimension's default alias. Shown in the editor as one
  "Show Alias" entry per alias defined in the model.
---

# Set The Alias For The Set / Show Alias

Displays this set's elements using a specific alias, overriding whatever the dimension's default alias is. Useful when one report needs to show friendly names in some columns and codes (or a different alias entirely) in others - each set on the Workview can specify its own.

::: tip Shown per alias, not as one generic instruction
The available instructions panel lists one entry per alias defined in the model, each labelled `Show Alias: <alias name>` (e.g. `Show Alias: Number - Name`) - pick the entry for the alias you want, rather than adding a single instruction and typing the alias name in.
:::

#### Example

```
1. Element: All Accounts
2. Set The Alias For The Set: Number - Name
```

Shows account `200` as `200 - Sales` rather than just `200`, without changing the dimension's default alias used everywhere else.

![Account 200 shown as just "200" by default, and as "200 - Sales" once Set The Alias For The Set: Number - Name is applied](/set-instructions-example-alias.svg)