Re: Possible to create aliases for record fields?

["Li, Ji via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Thank you Michael.

Best,

-Ji

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From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 13:58
To: Li, Ji <liji at bnl.gov>
Cc: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: Possible to create aliases for record fields?

 

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.