Wiki: USING TRANSLATIONS

USING TRANSLATIONS #

Translating is most commonly used as a way of renaming prompts, etc. without having to 'extend' a function and form.

Column Details#

The column must have "Translation Allowed" marked as 'Y' (yes), toggle ON.

This is supplied by High Line.

Alias	Column
MFI	ITEM_PROMPT
MFG	FG_TITLE
MFN	DESCRIPTION
MLV	LEXICON_ABBREVIATION
MCD	FIELD_PROMPT
MMI	MENU_ITEM_LABEL
MMI	PURPOSE
MMS	MESSAGE_TEXT
MMS	HELP_TEXT

Forms#

A ll columns that allow translation can have a translation field (form item) added to the screen; the item name will be <<TABLE_ALIAS>>.<<COLUMN_NAME>>_TRANSLATE.

This is supplied by High Line.

Item to be Translated	Form	Form Item Added
Form Items Prompt	IMFD	MFI.ITEM_PROMPT_TRANSLATE
Form Group Titles	IMFD	MFG.FG_TITLE_TRANSLATE
Function Descriptions	IMFN	MFN.DESCRIPTION_TRANSLATE
Lexicon Values	IMLN	MLV.LEXICON_ABBREVIATION_TRANSLATE
Column Prompts	IMCD	MCD.FIELD_PROMPT_TRANSLATE
Menu Labels	IMMU	MMI.MENU_ITEM_LABEL_TRANSLATE
Messages	IMMS	MMI.PURPOSE_TRANSLATE
Message Help Text	IMMS	MMI.PURPOSE_TRANSLATE

Set Up#

IMLA - Languages#

The language that you are translating into must have the HIGHEST (i.e. 99999) sequence number

Translations may be set for Language, Country or Role or combination thereof

The sequence order determines the order of translation

i.e. For Date of Birth

100 English Date of Birth
200 English Canada Birthdate
300 English WWW_MANAGER Birth Date
400 English Canada WWW_MANAGER Birthdate dd-MMM-YYYY

Results:

If a user signs in and has Canada as the Country on their Personal Record (WEEPP or IEPI) and goes to the Manager Role, they will see Birthdate dd-MMM-YYYY as the prompt

If a user signs in and has USA as the Country on their Personal Record (WEEPP or IEPI) and goes to the Manager Role, they will see Birth Date as the prompt

If a user signs in and has Canada as the Country on their Personal Record (WEEPP or IEPI) and goes to the any role other than Manager Role, they will see Birthdate as the prompt

If a user signs in and has USA as the Country on their Personal Record (WEEPP or IEPI) and goes to the any role other than Manager Role, they will see Date of Birth as the prompt.

Enter the translation#

This can be done on the specific form or en mass, both are listed below

IMFD or IMTFIP - Translate Form Item Prompts
IMFD or IMTFGT - Translate Form Group Titles
IMCD or IMTCP - Translate Column Prompts
IMFN or IMTFD - Translate Function Descriptions
IMMU or IMTML - Translate Menu Labels and Purposes
IMMS or IMTMS - Translate Messages and Help Messages
IMLN or IMTLV - Translate Lexicon Value

Example#

In the Role of Web Site Administrator, go to Client Site Information > Column Details (IMCD)
- Select Table P2K_AM_COLUMN_DETAILS, Alias MCD
- Verify that the column FIELD_PROMPT has the "Translation Allowed" toggle checked (set to Yes)
Go to Translations > Languages (IMLA)
- For Language = French with Country = CAN set the sequence to 9999
Go to Translations > Column Prompts (IMCD)
- Select P2K_HR_IDENTITIES
- Seq #90
- Prompt - Language
- Prompt (FRE) - Langue
IEPI or WEEPP for test employee ensures that Language is set to 'French' and the Province of Ontario, CAN .
Log into SS as the EE go to WEEPP (Personal Profile) and see the translated prompt.

Considerations#

Data is currently not translatable

Based on Employee - IEPI/WEEPP Language and Country

Based on Site - IMST Language and Country