Although data modeling and retrieval capabilities are removed in Live connection reports, report authors have the ability to create new measures specific to the given report via the New Measure icon under the Modeling tab. Additionally, report authors can change the names of measures and columns displayed in reports. In the following example, the Internet Net Sales measure and the Customer Country column have been renamed to Net Sales and Country, respectively:

Double-clicking the name of the column or measure in the field well(s) for the visual exposes an input box for the revised name. Per the preceding image, the revised names will appear in the report visual and the Tooltips in the field wells will indicate the source column or measure. In this example, the Internet Net Sales measure, with a home table of the Internet Sales fact table, is the source for the Net Sales alias name.