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Process of Maintaining Translation Tables for Analytics

The Siebel Analytics Presentation layer supports multiple translations for any column name. When working with Siebel Answers or rendering a dashboard, English-speaking and French-speaking users see their local language strings in their reports. There are two kinds of application strings requiring translation in Siebel Analytics:

• Metadata

  Metadata strings are Analytics-created objects in the Siebel Analytics repository such as Subject Area, Metrics, and Dimensions.

• Web Catalog

  Web Catalog objects are end-user created objects such as Reports, Dashboards, and Pages. Translations for Web catalog strings are stored in the SiebelAnalytics.webcat file. For more information on accessing these strings and changing the translations, see Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide.

About Translating Web Catalog Strings

The translations for such Web Catalog objects as report and page names are embedded in the SiebelAnalytics.webcat file. In multiple language deployment mode, if you add any additional Web Catalog objects, such as reports and new dashboard pages, you also need to add the appropriate translations. Add these translations using the Catalog Manager tool. For more information on using this utility, see Siebel Analytics Web Administration Guide.

The Process of Maintaining Translation Tables for Analytics includes the following tasks:

• Externalizing Metadata Strings
• Checking the Execution Order of Initialization Blocks
• Using the Externalize Strings Utility for Localization
• Adding Custom Translations to S_MSG Table
• Editing Custom Labels in Siebel Analytics Dashboards
• Displaying Localized Column Field Names in Siebel Miner or Data Mining Workbench