Re: Possible to create aliases for record fields?

[Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On 12/20/22 10:49, Li, Ji via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to access record fields as PVs using alias command, such as:
>
> alias("det1.NELM", "det1:NELM")
> alias("det1.TSEN", "det1:TSEN")
>
> The IOC didn't report errors,
This lack of a warning/error is a bug.

> but apparently they all pointed to det1 as the change to det1 appeared on these aliases, and vice versa, and this was proved by dbla.
>
> If alias command is not the right choice, are there any ways to create aliases/dummy PVs for fields?
Field aliases are not currently possible.