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Configuring a Workflow in a Multilingual Environment

To create a workflow in a language other than the base language, be sure your database is capable of handling multilingual lists of values (MLOV) for the non-base language type. For example, if you are modifying a workflow using language that is FRA and the base language is ENU, be sure List of Values entries exist for the FRA language type.

To make sure list of values entries exist for the appropriate language type

1. In the Siebel client, navigate to Administration-Data > List of Values.
2. Run the following query: Type = "WF_*".
3. Make sure the database is capable of handling multilingual lists of values by running the MLOV upgrade utility. For information on running the MLOV upgrade utility, see Configuring Siebel Business Applications.
4. In the List of Values applet, make sure the Active flag is set.

Referencing Literal Values in a Dynamic Picklist

Since literal values are language dependent, a workflow process cannot reference literal values in a dynamic picklist in a global implementation. A workflow referencing literal values become language dependent as well and cannot be run in a global implementation.

Literal values in a dynamic picklist potentially contains content created by the end-user population at run-time. Since these values are content based rather than metadata or LOV based, the makeup of this content is variable and, therefore, cannot be predictably interpreted by the workflow process.

For more information, see Deploying a Workflow Process in a Multilingual Environment and Siebel Global Deployment Guide.