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Configuring the Multilingual List of Values in Siebel Tools

After you have determined which columns to enable as multilingual, you configure those columns in Siebel Tools.

List of values types are enabled for multilingual support on a target-column basis. Because a list of values type can be used for different target columns, the Multilingual property must be implemented for all target columns that use the same type.

The following procedure describes the process for manually enabling a column. The list of values type ACCOUNT_TYPE is used as an example.

This task is part of the Process of Enabling MLOVs.

To enable a column for multilingual storage and display

1. Open Siebel Tools, and connect to the server database.
2. Select the Flat tab in the Object Explorer.
3. Select the Column object type.
4. Choose Query > New Query, enter the name of the desired list of values type in the LOV Type property, and then press ENTER to execute the query.

   In this example, you would search for an LOV Type of ACCOUNT_TYPE. The query shows you the columns that use that LOV type, in this case there is only one column named OU_TYPE_CD.
5. Check that the columns using that type have a check mark in the LOV Bounded property.
6. Change the Translation Table Name to S_LST_OF_VAL for all the columns returned by the query.

NOTE:  Changing the properties of object definitions directly on the server is a nonstandard practice that is used only for configuration of columns for multilingual storage and display. Under all other circumstances, the correct and safe way to change object definition properties is to check out projects to the local repository, make the desired changes, and check them back in to the server. For more information about checking in and checking out projects, see Using Siebel Tools.