Working with the Delta Process for Translation Tables

This chapter provides an overview of the delta process and discusses how to:

Click to jump to parent topicUnderstanding the Delta Process

The delta process determines the development changes that have occurred in translation tables. The process compares the translation tables as they are at the time that you run the process with the translation tables as they were when you last ran the process. The process identifies the changes and indicates to translators or developers any new development in the translation tables that they need to edit. You determine the timing of the delta process. You can run the delta process as often as necessary.

You must perform setup tasks at the beginning of each JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software release. After you perform the setup, you can run the delta process as often as necessary. You should establish a schedule for running the delta process so that you can keep current on development changes to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPrerequisite

You must perform these setup procedures before you run the delta process. These procedures create the appropriate database instances and environments, and populate the data from the previous JD Edwards software release. After you finish these setup procedures, you can run the delta process.

You must complete all of these tasks before you run the delta process for the first time.

Click to jump to parent topicSetting Up a Database Instance

This section provides an overview of database instances and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Database Instances

Your database administrator must set up a database instance for each compare and language code page set that you use.

This table lists the possible environments or databases:

Environment

Language Group

T1B9 or T1B7333

Tier I

T2B9 or T2B7333

Tier II

T3B9 or T3B7333

Tier III

WEUB7333

Western European

CEUB7333

Central European

SCHB7333

Simplified Chinese

TCHB7333

Traditional Chinese

JPNB7333

Japanese

KORB7333

Korean

RUSB7333

Russian

Work with the database administrator to set up libraries or database instances, or both, that apply to your current system environments, depending on your operating system platform and database server.

Note. Each database has specific setup requirements for each code page. Please follow the database administration guidelines for the current release of the database and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) setup for code pages.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicForms Used to Set Up a Database Instance

Form Name

FormID

Navigation

Usage

Machine Search & Select

W986115E

System Administration (GH9011), Data Source Management, Database Data Sources

Locate and copy a machine name and database.

Machine Search & Select

W986110D

In the web client or Microsoft windows client, enter P986110 in the Fast Path.

W986115E

Add a new environment.

Work with Environments

W0094E

System Administration Environment (GH9053), Environment Master

Enter an existing compare environment. Enter a new environment name.

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

Delta Environment Administration (GH793), Create and Compare and Code Page Environment

Select the batch version that you want to run. Select Processing Options from the Row menu.

Work With User/Role Profiles

W0092D

System Administration Tools (GH9011), User Management, User Profiles

Select a user. Set up a profile for the user.

Work with User Security

W980WSCE

Security Administration (GH9052), Security Maintenance, User Security

Find a user and add the appropriate security.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSetting Up a Database Instance

Access the Machine Search & Select form.

  1. Click the current machine name and data source for administering environment data sources in the detail area, and then click Select.

  2. On the Work With Data Sources form, complete the Data Source Name field in the detail area, and then click Find.

  3. In the detail area, click the row for the current data source mapping, and then click Copy.

  4. On the Data Source Revisions form, complete the Data Source Name field, and then click OK.

  5. Enter the new ODBC information and click OK.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicAdding a New Environment

Enter P986110 in the Fast Path to access the Machine Search & Select form.

  1. Click the data source mapping environment in the detail area, and then click Select.

  2. On the Work With Object Mappings form, click Add.

  3. On the Object Mapping Revisions form, complete these fields and click OK:

  4. Map all the tables listed in this guide to the translation compare environment.

    All other tables can be mapped according to the standard OCM setup.

    Note. You should set up a translation compare environment as a login environment. The code page environment is used only for table mappings and can have one OCM mapping for the DEFAULT TABLE mapping.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCreating the Environments

You must create the environments that are needed to run the delta process. You can complete these tasks manually by using Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne System Administration tools or Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Translation Tools applications.

Access the Work With Environments form.

  1. Enter an existing compare environment in the Environment Name query by example line, and click Find.

  2. Click the existing compare environment in the detail area.

  3. From the Row menu, select Copy Environment to duplicate the environment.

  4. Complete the New Environment field, select the Copy *Public Records Only option, and then click OK.

    Use Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne OCM to modify the mappings of each environment to reflect your enterprise setup and the mapping for the data sources.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUsing JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Translation Tools to Create an Environment

Access the Create and Compare and Code Page Environment form.

  1. On the Processing Options form, complete these fields:

  2. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, select the version that you want to run, and then select Processing Options from the Row menu.

  3. On the Processing Options form, complete the Language Environment Path Code field and click OK.

  4. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, select the version that you want to run, and then click Select.

    On Version Prompting, you can use data selection or data sequencing to further define the version that you are running. The version is set to create all of the environments. You must create the compare environment, but you can use data selection to have the batch process create only those language code page environments that you need.

  5. After completing any data selection or sequencing on the Version Prompting form, click Submit.

  6. On the Report Output Destination form, select one of these options and click OK:

  7. Use OCM to modify the mappings of each environment to reflect your enterprise setup.

    Note. You must have all of the OCM mappings modified before you run the delta process.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSetting Up User Profiles

Each translator or developer needs to be set up correctly. The translators have additional setup criteria that indicate the language that they use.

Access the Work With User/Role Profiles form.

  1. Complete either of these fields and click Find:

  2. Select a user and click Select.

  3. On the User Profile Revisions form, select Translation Pref from the Form menu.

  4. On the Translation Preferences form, complete the Language field and click OK.

    You can enter the translator type, but it is not required.

  5. On the User Profile Revisions form, enter the language preference for the translator and click OK.

    Some languages require runtime language processing to edit the data.

  6. Set up the user profiles for each translator.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicAdding User Security

Each data source might require user security. User security acts like a proxy that transforms the current user into another user when accessing the data. User security is generally required for language setup of user profiles. A user profile often contains language information that you need to convert characters between code pages. The wrong user profile can cause data corruption or data source connection problems. User profiles must be set up correctly on each database server and in JD Edwards software to perform user security.

Access the Work With User Security form.

  1. Complete the User ID/Role field and click Find.

  2. Add all of the necessary data source connections for each user and click OK.

  3. Repeat this task for each user ID that accesses the data source's setup.

Click to jump to parent topicCopying the Data from a Prior Release

This section provides overviews of data from a prior release, compare environment tables, and control tables for the code page environment, and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Data from a Prior Release

You must copy data from a prior release to the current release. You can perform this process by using database administration tools or by using a series of batch processes defined as table conversions. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne has a series of batch processes for copying the compare environment, and another series of batch processes to copy to the language code page environments. You need to run all of these batch processes.

Note. The connection of the user profile is critical when copying data between code pages. The code page conversion becomes corrupt when users connect to data sources with the wrong user profile.

See Working with Logs.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Compare Environment Tables

These tables are from the compare environment, which you can access from the Status (Compare Environment) menu (GH7931):

Table Types

Table Descriptions

Control Tables

User Defined Code Types (F0004) and Language Status (F00041)

Control Tables

User Defined Codes (F0005) and Language Status (F00051)

Control Tables

Menu Text Override File (F0083) and Language Status (F00831)

Control Tables

Task Master (F9000) and Task Relationships (F9001) and Language Status (F90021)

Control Tables

Variant Description (F9005) and Language Status (F90051)

Control Tables

Variant Detail (F9006) and Language Status (F90061)

Control Tables

Component Definition (F9060)

Control Tables

Workspace Definition (F9061)

Control Tables

Top-Level Navigation Icon Definition (F9062)

Control Tables

Secondary Navigation Definition (F9063)

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Field Display Text (F9202) and Data Dictionary Row Description Language Status (F92021)

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Item Alpha Descriptions (F9203) and Data Dictionary Alpha Description Language Status (F92031)

Data Dictionary Tables

Media Objects storage (F00165) and Generic Text Language Status (F001651)

Pristine Tables

Date Title (F83100) and FASTR Date/Title Language Status (F831001)

Pristine Tables

Column Headings (F83110) and FASTR Column Headings Language Status (F831101)

Pristine Tables

Favorites Relationships and Properties (F91100) and Favorites Language Status (F911001)

Central Object Tables

Forms Design Aid Extracted Spec (F79751) and Forms Design Aid Extracted Text Language Status (F797501)

Central Object Tables

Report Design Aid Extracted Spec (F79761) and Report Design Aid Extracted Spec Language Status (F797601)

Central Object Tables

Processing Option Text (F98306) and Processing Option Text Language Status (F983061)

Service Pack Resource Tables

Resource Text Translation Work File (F7920) and Resource Text Translation Language Status (F79201)

Translation Tables

Language Master (F7901)

Translation Tables

Delta Table Inclusion (F7902)

Translation Tables

User Overrides Table (F98950)

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding the Control Tables for the Code Page Environments

This table lists the Code Page environments:

Table Types

Environments

Control Tables

User Defined Codes - Alternate Language Descriptions (F0004D)

Control Tables

User Defined Codes - Alternate Language Descriptions (F0005D)

Control Tables

Menu Text Override File (F0083)

Control Tables

Task Alternate Descriptions (F9002)

Control Tables

Variant Description Alternate Description (F9005D)

Control Tables

Variant Detail Alternate Description (F9006D)

Control Tables

Component Definition - Alternate Description (F9060D)

Control Tables

Workspace Definition - Alternate Description (F9061D)

Control Tables

Top-Level Navigation Icon Definition - Alternate Description (F9062D)

XE Code Page environments: F9062D (Top-Level Navigation Icon Definition - Alternate Description)

Control Tables

Secondary Navigation Definition - Alternate Description (F9063D)

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Field Display Text (F9202)

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Item Alpha Descriptions (F9203)

Data Dictionary Tables

Media Objects storage (F00165)

Pristine Tables

Date Title (F83100)

Pristine Tables

Column Headings (F83110)

Pristine Tables

Favorites - Alternative Description (F91100D)

Central Object Tables

Forms Design Aid Extracted Text (F79750)

Central Object Tables

Report Design Aid Extracted Text (F79760)

Central Object Tables

Processing Option Text (F98306)

Suggestion Table

Translations Suggestions (F7910)

Note. You can copy the F7910 to preserve existing suggestions or you can generate a new table without any data. You should consider the needs of each translation group when you determine the pre-loading of this data.

This table lists the JD Edwards Content Builder compare environments:

Table Types

Environments

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Field Display Text (F9202) and Data Dictionary Row Description Language Status (F92021)

Data Dictionary Tables

Data Item Alpha Descriptions (F9203) and Data Dictionary Alpha Description Language Status (F92031)

Data Dictionary Tables

Media Objects storage (F00165) and Generic Text Language Status (F001651)

Data Dictionary Tables

Forms Design Aid Extracted Spec. (F79751) and Forms Design Aid Extracted Text Language Status (F797501)

Data Dictionary Tables

Report Design Aid Extracted Spec. (F79761) and Report Design Aid Extracted Spec Language Status (F797601)

Data Dictionary Tables

Processing Option Text (F98306) and Processing Option Text Language Status (F983061)

Code Page

Media Objects storage table (F00165) is the only table included in the Code Page or workspace.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicForms Used to Copy the Data from a Prior Release

Form Name

FormID

Navigation

Usage

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

From the Delta Environment Administration menu (GH793), copy the data from both the Compare and Code Page environments and data sources.

Select a code page to copy. Select the version that you want to run and submit it.

Translation Tools Language Master

W7901A

Delta Process Administration (GH792) menu, Language Master

Edit the language master and verify that the values are correct.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCopying Data from a Prior Release

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form.

Note. The table mappings in Object Configuration Manager should be based on the standard location, except for the tables in the Content Builder compare environment. The tables in the Content Builder compare environment should always be mapped to the compare environment and the code page environments. The naming convention of the environment and data source should be synonymous.

  1. Right-click the compare environment or Code Page environment that you want to copy.

  2. Select Prompt For, and then click Version.

  3. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, select the version that you want to run.

  4. From the Row menu, select Processing Options.

  5. On Processing Options, complete these fields on the Environments tab:

  6. Select the Conversion Process tab, complete these fields and then click OK:

  7. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, select the version that you want to run, and then click Select.

  8. On the Version Prompting form, click Submit.

  9. On the Report Output Destination form, select one of these options and click OK:

You have finished copying production data from the prior JD Edwards software release to the current release.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicEditing the Language Master

The language master is an integral part of the delta process and translation tools. The delta process uses the language master to define which status records are maintained during the change process. To use all of the necessary tools, you also need code page mapping information and other setup information.

Access the Translation Tools Language Master form.

  1. Edit the records for the appropriate languages that match the status records in the compare environment.

    Any languages that are missing status records, or any status record without a language master corrupts the database when you run the delta process.

    During the copy, languages should exist from the data for the previous release.

  2. Verify and edit the correct record or records for these fields, and then click OK:

Click to jump to parent topicWorking with the Delta Process

This section provides an overview of the delta process and translation tables, and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding the Delta Process and Translation Tables

The delta process is a batch application. These tasks explain how to create the batch version for the delta process (which includes selecting translation tables), run that version, and then debug that version, if necessary.

This task explains how to select the translation tables that you want to include in the delta process. The delta process uses batch versions to group the translation tables. You initially define the batch version in the translation tools; this definition indicates the translation tables that you want to include. You also must add the version to the system using the Batch Versions application.

These translation tables are included in the delta process:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicForms Used to Work with the Delta Process

Form Name

FormID

Navigation

Usage

Work with Delta Table Inclusions

W7902A

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Delta Inclusion

Add a translation table to the delta process.

Work with Delta Table Inclusions

W7902A

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Delta Inclusion

Select the delta table that you want to revise, and revise it.

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Delta Process Batch Submission

Select the delta process that you want to run. Verify that the information in the processing option is accurate. Submit the batch to run.

Work with Delta Table Inclusions

W7902A

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Delta Inclusion

Select the delta process for which you want to view progress. Review the status description information.

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Status Report

Track the status of each delta process.

Work with Delta Table Inclusions

W79028

Delta Process Administration (GH792), Delta Inclusion

Preview the functionality.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicAdding Translation Tables to the Delta Process

Access the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form.

  1. Click Add to create a new version, or click Select to edit an existing version.

  2. On the Delta Table Inclusion form, edit the appropriate tables to be included as part of each version.

  3. Complete these fields and then click OK:

  4. On the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form, click Find to view the delta tables that you added.

  5. Add the version using the Batch Versions application.

    You must use the same version name in the Translation Tools and in the Batch Versions applications.

    Note. All batch applications working with the delta process use the delta inclusion table information. Data selection for every delta batch application works with the version information that is defined in the delta inclusion application. Depending on the administrator requirements, you can enable or disable all tables. To add the version, see Creating a Batch Version in the Foundation Guide.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRevising Translation Tables Included in the Delta Process

Access the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form.

  1. Click Find to view any versions for the delta process.

  2. Select the delta table that you want to revise, and then click Select.

  3. On the Delta Table Inclusion form, complete the Delta Include field to indicate whether you want to include the delta table the next time that you run the delta process.

    If you exclude a delta table, the delta process does not run over the table. This exclusion does not delete the delta table from the delta process version; it merely disables it. Use the options of the Form menu for Yes and No to quickly change all tables.

  4. When you finish including and excluding tables, click OK.

  5. On the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form, click Find to view the revision that you made.

  6. To delete a delta table, click a delta table row in the detail area, and then click Delete.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRunning the Delta Process

This task explains how to verify the delta process processing options and run the delta process. You should verify the processing options first, and then run the version.

Note. You should always run the batch application locally. The Form Design Aid (FDA) and Report Design Aid (RDA) contain binary large objects (BLOB) that can be interpreted only on a Windows client computer.

Standard Procedures for Running the Delta Process

You should complete these procedures when you run the delta process:

  1. Send an announcement message that includes the scheduled start date and time and the estimated end date and time.

  2. Verify the OCM mapping of the source environment and target environment.

    Incorrect mappings cause database corruption.

  3. Verify that the delta administrator is signed into the target environment.

    Translators use this same environment.

  4. Use the Universal Table Browser to verify each data source and table.

    Data source connection problems might corrupt the database.

  5. Begin the delta process at the scheduled time.

    A delta process might take as long as ten hours when the compare environment has multiple languages.

  6. Make a backup copy of the compare environment.

    The delta process does not affect any code page data. The delta process compares only source and destination tables, making appropriate source record changes and updating status records in the compare environment.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRunning the Delta Process

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form.

  1. In the detail area, click the version that you want to run, and then select Processing Options from the Row menu.

  2. On Processing Options, verify the information in these fields and then click OK:

  3. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, in the detail area, select the version that you want to run, and then click Select.

  4. On the Version Prompting form, click Submit.

    If the Processing Options form prompts for editing, click OK; the system displays the Report Output Destination form.

  5. On the Report Output Destination form, click one of these options, and then click OK:

  6. At the end of the delta process, the system runs a secondary synchronized batch process, the System Code Status Record Update program (R79803).

    The System Code Status Record Update program updates product or system code information in the status records. The tables containing this information must be mapped to the correct source environment.

    The system code tables include:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicViewing the Progress of the Delta Process

This task explains how to view the progress of the delta process, which includes the status of the process.

Access the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form.

  1. Click Find to view any versions for the delta process.

  2. Review the Status Description field for these status messages:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUsing jde.log

Use the jde.log file to follow the progress of the delta process and to identify errors that might have occurred. JD Edwards software automatically uses the jde.log file to track the progress and any errors of the delta process; no setup is required. While the delta process is running, you can access the jde.log file to view the progress.

When viewing the jde.log file, locate any delta process information by searching for the word delta or for the B7900022 business function.

The delta keeps a one-to-many relationship between the source records and status records. The language master defines the one-to-many relationship. Any time that a status record is missing, the delta attempts to insert all records. An insert failure might inadvertently result from keeping the one-to-many relationship.

Using jdedebug.log

Use the jdedebug.log file to identify process errors that might occur during the delta process. You need to set up jdedebug.log by using the jde.ini file if you want to use the log file for debugging the delta process.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicTracking the Status of Each Delta Process

This task explains how to report the changes for each delta process. The delta inclusion saves the last historical information by default. You can export this information from the detail area for reporting purposes.

If you need more historical information, you can run the Translation Compare Status report (R79810) for statistics. You should run this report at the completion of every delta process. The report displays the total changes over the compare environment. You can use the report to analyze delta problems and concerns that you might have after you run the Delta Purge and Rebuild Process program (R79801).

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form.

  1. In the detail area, select the version that matches the table selection for the delta inclusion version, and click Select.

  2. On the Version Prompting form, click Submit.

  3. On Processing Options, enter the language selection to limit the size of the report and click OK.

    When the language selection is blank (the default value), all languages in the compare environment print on the report.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUsing Preview Functionality

Many of the translation tools have a preview feature that is built into the application. The preview feature uses local specifications to retrieve current source and target text changes to preview the current delta changes.

You must download specifications to each client machine before processing the preview functionality. The delta process keeps the compare environment synchronized with the objects in a path code, but the delta does not update local machine specifications. Translation Tools has implemented the Advanced Get feature from Object Management Workbench (OMW) to perform previews.

If the items have changed, Translation Tools automatically retrieves the specifications based on untranslated status items.

Access the Work with Delta Table Inclusions form.

  1. Select Constants from the Form menu to edit the necessary information for the preview feature.

  2. On the Delta Constants form, complete these fields:

  3. Select any of these options, and then click OK:

Click to jump to parent topicWorking with Delta Process Advanced Options

This section provides an overview of delta process advanced options, and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Delta Process Advanced Options

The environments and database contain a large set of data that could become corrupt. The delta process includes a suite of batch applications to help keep the compare and code page environments intact.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicForms Used to Work with Delta Process Advanced Options

Form Name

FormID

Navigation

Usage

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

Purge and Rebuild (GH7922) menu, Purge and Rebuild Batch Submission

Purge and rebuild delta tables.

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

Purge and Rebuild menu (GH7922), Check Delete Status Batch Submission

Language Mastering Administration menu (GH7933), FDA Blob Update

Check delete status with text records.

Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions

W98305A

Language Mastering Administration menu (GH7933), FDA Blob Update

Update FDA and RDA tables with translated text.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPurging and Rebuilding Delta Tables

When the compare and code page environments are out of synchronization, use the Delta Purge and Rebuild Process (R79801) to identify and fix problems. You should rebuild at the beginning of the translation lifecycle, but purge before mastering the software.

The purge process deletes these types of records:

The rebuild process performs these tasks:

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form.

  1. Select the Purge and Rebuild version in the detail area and then select Processing Options from the Row menu.

  2. On the Processing Options form, complete these fields on the Process tab and click OK:

  3. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, in the detail area, select the version that you want to run, and then click Select.

    The data selection is defined by the delta inclusion application.

    If the Processing Options form prompts for editing, click OK; the system displays the Report Output Destination form.

  4. Select one of these options, and then click OK:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicFixing Status Record Problems

Sometimes, status records are not updated appropriately. These records are often missing the English source and have become orphaned. You can run the Check Status with Text Records program (R79802) to fix these problems. This process runs in the compare environment and works with all language status records that are missing a source record.

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form. :

  1. Select the version in the detail area and select Processing Options from the Row menu.

  2. On the Processing Options form, complete these processing options and click OK:

  3. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, in the detail area select the version that you want to run, and then click Select.

    The data selection is defined by the delta inclusion application.

    If the Processing Options form prompts for editing, click OK; the system displays the Report Output Destination form.

  4. Select one of these options and click OK:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUsing Content Builder Batch Applications

Content Builder uses the delta process to track English source changes. The changes can then be edited by developers into a code page or workspace database. A tool in Content Builder enables developers to access the data dictionary to edit the delta glossary items. These edits eventually need to be synchronized with the pristine database for the purposes of translating and mastering the software.

From the Work With Delta menu (GH7941), select Delta Data Synch.

  1. On the Processing Options form, complete these processing options and click OK:

  2. On the Report Output Destination form, select one of these options and click OK:

When Content Builder is not using the delta process to track changes, a set of non-Binary Large Object Form Design Aid (non-BLOB FDA) data is required to use the token integration tool. The non-BLOB data can be generated from the BLOB specifications to enable edits when using token integration in Content Builder.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicCreating Non-BLOB FDA specifications

Access the FDA Spec Conversion.

  1. On the Processing Options form, complete these processing options and click OK:

  2. On the Report Output Destination form, select one of these options and click OK:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUpdating FDA and RDA Tables with Translated Text

This task explains how to update FDA and RDA tables with translated text. JD Edwards software stores FDA and RDA tables in the BLOB format. The delta process converts the FDA and RDA text into Unicode, ASCII, or Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCIDIC), depending on your system. After translation is complete and before language mastering, the mastering administrator needs to run the batch processes to convert the translation text back into the BLOB format for use within JD Edwards software.

The UBE for FDA is R798750 and the UBE for RDA is R798760.

Access the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form.

  1. Select the version in the detail area and then select Processing Options from the Row menu.

  2. On the Processing Options form, complete these processing options and click OK:

  3. On the Work With Batch Versions - Available Versions form, select the version in the detail area, and then click Select.

  4. On the Version Prompting form, click Submit.

    If the Processing Options form prompts for editing, click OK; the system displays the Report Output Destination form.

  5. Select one of these options and click OK:

  6. Return to the Language Mastering Administration menu, and select RDA Blob Update.

Click to jump to parent topicCode Page Character Sets

Translation text exists in many forms of character code pages. Some of these code pages include Unicode, ASCII, or EBCIDIC, depending on your system. Unicode has different encoding sets, such as UTF-16, UTF-8, USB-2, and so on. Unicode character code pages are often converted to either ASCII or EBCIDIC code pages for processing on different platforms.

This table displays the character sets for ASCII character code pages:

Language

Description

ASCII ID

ASCII Code

AR

Arabic

AR_CP1256

720

C

Czech

EE_CP1250

852

CS

Simplified Chinese

SC_GB

936

CT

Traditional Chinese

TC_BIG5

950

DN

Danish

WE_ISO88591

437

DU

Dutch

WE_ISO88591

437

F

French

WE_ISO88591

437

FN

Finnish

WE_ISO88591

437

G

German

WE_ISO88591

437

GR

Greek

GR_CP1253

737

HU

Hungarian

EE_CP1250

852

I

Italian

WE_ISO88591

437

J

Japanese

JA_SJIS

932

KO

Korean

KO_KSC

949

NO

Norwegian

WE_ISO88591

437

P

Portuguese

WE_ISO88591

437

PO

Polish

EE_CP1250

852

RU

Russian

RS_CP1251

866

S

Spanish

WE_ISO88591

437

TR

Turkish

TK_CP1254

857

W

Swedish

WE_ISO88591

437

 

Language

Description

EBCIDIC ID

EBCIDIC Code

AR

Arabic

AR_EBCDIC

420

C

Czech

EE_EBCDIC

870

CS

Simplified Chinese

SC_EBCDIC

935

CT

Traditional Chinese

TC_EBCDIC

937

DN

Danish

US_EBCDIC

37

DU

Dutch

US_EBCDIC

37

F

French

US_EBCDIC

37

FN

Finnish

US_EBCDIC

37

G

German

US_EBCDIC

37

GR

Greek

GR_EBCDIC

875

HU

Hungarian

EE_EBCDIC

870

I

Italian

US_EBCDIC

37

J

Japanese

JA_EBCDIC

939

KO

Korean

KO_EBCDIC

933

NO

Norwegian

US_EBCDIC

37

P

Portuguese

US_EBCDIC

37

PO

Polish

EE_EBCDIC

870

RU

Russian

RS_EBCDIC

1025

S

Spanish

US_EBCDIC

37

TR

Turkish

TK_EBCDIC

1026

W

Swedish

US_EBCDIC

37