Aliases is a Reusability and Portability

Alias sets are stored as dm_alias_set objects in Documentum.

They can make already powerful Documentum features like Workflow, Lifecycles, and Access Control Lists even more powerful by allowing CRITICAL attribute values to be resolved dynamically. Alias sets remove the need to hard-code the names of users, groups, locations, and PERMISSION sets throughout your application and instead provide a means for setting these values dynamically as your PERSONNEL changes and your business processes evolve.

In Simple words Aliases are placeholders that can hold any of the following

• A User or a Group Name
• Folder information

Alias is a key value PAIR where key is the alias name and value is the ACTUAL value.

An alias is referenced using one of two formats—%alias_set_name.alias_name or just %alias_name

Aliases is a Reusability and Portability

Alias sets are stored as dm_alias_set objects in Documentum.

They can make already powerful Documentum features like Workflow, Lifecycles, and Access Control Lists even more powerful by allowing critical attribute values to be resolved dynamically. Alias sets remove the need to hard-code the names of users, groups, locations, and permission sets throughout your application and instead provide a means for setting these values dynamically as your personnel changes and your business processes evolve.

In Simple words Aliases are placeholders that can hold any of the following

Alias is a key value pair where key is the alias name and value is the actual value.

An alias is referenced using one of two formats—%alias_set_name.alias_name or just %alias_name