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Important Fields in List of Values Administration Views

Several list columns in the list of values views help you to administer multilingual LOVs:

• Multilingual. This field indicates which list of values types have been configured to be multilingual. When you run the MLOV upgrade utility (mlovupgd.exe), it sets this flag for the list of values entries. For more information on the upgrade script, refer to Upgrading Existing Data Using the MLOV Upgrade Utility.

  If you add entries after the script has been executed, you must manually update this information to reflect your configuration.

• Language. This field indicates for which language the entry is valid. The entries for this picklist come from the Language Administration view. To access this view, from the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration >Languages.
• Translate. This field indicates whether the entry's display value can be changed—for instance, translated to another language.

  Only the LOV types that are marked as translatable are candidates for multilingual configuration. For any entries added, you must update this information manually to reflect your configuration. Do not change existing Siebel entries. Doing so will not allow the LOV to be translated.

• Language-Independent Code (or Code in the Explorer view). This field is the internal code used for a list of values entry. It is stored in the database when MLOV is enabled and referenced by configurations. The language-independent code must be 30 characters or less. It is typically the English-American version of a particular selection value. The language-independent code cannot be changed.
• Display Value. This field is required and holds the text that will appear in picklists. The display value is stored in the database when MLOV is not enabled.

  If there are display values for more than one language for a list of values entry, the display value shown is determined by the current active language.