Metadata Translation

This page describes how to manage translations related to Information Sources metadata, i.e. metadata for Dimension and Fact entities. During a core project the scanning of translatable attributes and communication with a translation agency that handles all translations, will be handled centrally. However, during the support periods and when doing customizations it is necessary to handle the work manually.

Contents

• General
• Scanning Metadata
• Exploring Metadata Related Texts

General

Information Source related metadata should be translated. Translations will affect the following:

• The Information Source Navigator in IFS Business Reporter
• Display Name field in Information Source feature in Solution Manager in IFS Enterprise Explorer.

IFS Business Reporter will display Information Source related translatable attributes according to selected language at login. This however requires that the IFS Business Reporter language cache has been updated. See section about Language Handling in IFS Business Reporter for more information.

The following attributes are translation handled:

• Information Source (fact)
  • Information Source name
  • Information Source URL texts
  • Information Source item name (can be a light item or a measure item)
  • Information Source item navigator folder name
• Dimensions
  • Dimension name
  • Dimension item name
  • Dimension item navigator folder name

Scanning Metadata

During a core project it will from IFS Applications 10 not be necessary to perform metadata scaning manually. This part is taken care of by the language handling process. However, during the support period and when performing customizations, manual handled is requried.

The first step will be to scan Information Source metadata.

This is done in the Scan Translatable Code feature in Translation Manger in IEE.

Do as follows:

1. First deploy the metadata definition to the database.
   1. The fact and/or dimension metadata INS file has to be deployed in the database.
2. Open IFS Enterprise Explorer connected to that environment.
3. Find the Scan Translatable Code feature located under Translation Manager
4. In Select Component field, select the component that the metadata source belongs to.

   Also choose layer, i.e. Core for core development.

5. Click on the Manage Scan List… link
6. Select BI Object type in the combo box (refer Figure3: Scan BI Objects).
7. Add the modified or added metadata sources to the Scan List  and click Ok.
8. Now start the scanning by clicking on the Start Scanning link.

Figure 1: Scan BI Objects

Exploring Metadata Related Texts

To find existing scanned metadata attributes:

• Navigate to the Text Translation form and query based on the required component, the Path defined as either %DIM% or %FACT% depending on if it is dimension or fact specific attributes that should be investigated. Layer is defined as Core to see only core specific data. The query can of course by specified more in details to find a specific dimension or fact.
• Another way can be to query based on component and Main Type set to BI and Layer is defined as Core

Figure 2: Text Translation related to Info Source metadata in ACCRUL