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Process of Maintaining Translation Tables for Oracle BI

This process is part of Localizing Oracle Business Intelligence Deployments.

The presentation layer of the Oracle Business Intelligence Server Administration Tool supports multiple translations for any column name. When working with Oracle Answers or rendering a dashboard, English-speaking and French-speaking users see their local language strings in their reports. For example, there are two kinds of application strings requiring translation in Oracle BI:

• Metadata

  Metadata strings are Oracle BI-created objects in the Oracle Business Intelligence repository such as Subject Area, Metrics, and Dimensions. If your deployment includes a CRM application, you need to perform further tasks for localization. See the Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation and Administration Guide section on localization.

• 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 directory OracleBIData_HOME\web\catalog. For more information on accessing these strings and changing the translations, see Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services Administration Guide.

This process includes the following task for Stand-Alone deployments of Oracle Business Intelligence:

• Using the Externalize Strings Utility for Localization