Understanding Industry-Specific Translate Values

Generally speaking, translate values are field values that appear in drop-down list boxes (note that not all values shown in drop-down list boxes are translate values). Translate values are a relatively small and static set of values (for example, male and female constitute the values available for the Gender field) and are stored in the Translate table, which is a prompt table in the database used to store values for fields that do not need individual prompt tables of their own.

Because translate values are not market-aware, it often causes development overhead whenever a change is made for specific industries.

For example, if you want to modify the values in the Gender field from male and female to boy and girl for a specific industry, you must access PeopleSoft Application Designer and update the Translate table and the corresponding component and page.

Using industry-specific translate pages you can quickly set up field values for industry use without performing any development tasks in PeopleSoft Application Designer. As you open a page after the setup, depending on the market to which this opened page belongs, the system displays industry-specific translate values (for drop-down list boxes with declared industry-specific translate values).

System-delivered industry-specific translate values can be accessed under select Set Up CRM, then select Product Related, then select Industry Industry, then select Specific Translates.