About LOV Translation and the EAI Siebel Adapter Business Service

The Siebel application distinguishes two types of lists of values (LOV):

• Multilingual LOV (MLOV). Stores a language-independent code (LIC) in the Siebel Database that is translated to a language-dependent value (LDV) for active language by Object Manager. MLOVs are distinguished by having the Translation Table specified in the Column definition.

• Single-language LOV. Stores the LDV for the current language in the Siebel Database. The Boolean integration object user property AllLangIndependentVals determines whether the EAI Siebel Adapter will use LDV (No = no translation necessary) or LIC (Yes = translation needed) for such LOVs.

Translating to LIC affects performance, but allows easier cooperation between systems that operate on different languages. This option is especially used by various import and export utilities.

The AllLangIndependentVals integration object user property is undefined for integration objects when the base object type is not Siebel Business Object. When the base object is Siebel Business Object, AllLangIndependentVals is defined with a default value of N.

The following table explains the behavior of the EAI Siebel Adapter according to the AllLangIndependentVals integration object user property values.

AllLangIndependentVals	Yes	No	Undefined
LOV	LIC	LDV	LDV
MLOV	LIC	LDV	LIC