Application Data

The Translate Application Data page enables you to translate system and customer data. This page does not allow you to translate managed objects.

Note:

To use the Translate Application Data page you must be logged into the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture in the base language.

Before you can translate application data, you must enable access to the Translate Application Data page. This section describes how to:

Enable access to the Translate Application Data page.
Translate record fields or ignore record fields for translation.

Enabling Access to the Translate Application Data Page

To enable access to the Translate Application Data page:

Select PeopleTools, and then Security, and then Permissions and Roles, and then Permission Lists.

The Permissions List page appears.
Select a permission list that is assigned to your user ID.

The permission list displays.
Select the Pages page.
Click the Edit Components link for the Translate menu item.

The Component Permissions list displays.
Click the Edit Pages link for the Translate Application Data item.

The Page Permissions page appears.
Click the Select All button.
Click the OK button, click the next OK button, and then click the Save button.
Repeat steps 2 through 7 for other users or roles that need access to the page.
Select PeopleTools, and then Portal, and then Structure and Content.
Click the PeopleTools link.
Click the Translations link.
Click the Translate System Definitions link.
Click the Edit link for the Application Data item.
Clear the Hide in Navigation check box.
Save your changes.

Translating Application Data

Before you can translate application data, you must enable access to the Translate Application Data page.

See Translating Definitions.

To translate application data:

Select PeopleTools, and then Translations, and then Translate System Definitions, and then Application Data.

The Translate Application Data page appears.
In the Record to Translate field, enter the base table name.
From the Target Language drop-down list box, select the target language.
Optionally, click the Filter with SQL? link to select the record fields to translate.
Click Search.

When you click Search, the page appears the related language record, the number of rows or values found, and the first of all key names and key values for the table. For each value, the translatable fields display in the Base Text column in the base language of the database. The Lang Text fields display translations for the fields, if they exist. Use the View All link or the Show Previous and Show Next arrows to navigate through the results retrieved.

Note:

The following information describes how to work with all rows in a record or specific rows in a record.
- To work with all rows in a record, click Search.
- To select specific rows in a record, click the Filter with SQL? link.
  
  A WHERE clause page appears that provides you with an area to enter an SQL statement that will filter the record data. Enter a WHERE clause to filter the data.
  
  The field names that you can use in the WHERE clause display in the Record Fields box. To expand the list, click the View All link.
  
  After you enter a WHERE clause, click OK to return to the Translate Application Data page. Click Search.
Translate or ignore the record fields.

Some related language tables contain fields that should never be translated. You can choose to translate the record fields or tell the system to ignore them for translation.
- To translate a field, in the Lang Text box, enter a translation for the item in the Base Text field.
- To ignore a field for translation, check the Ignore? box next to the Lang Text box. The following message displays:
```
Ignoring field: Translations for this field will be overwritten with base⇒
 language values, proceed? (102,83)

By ignoring this field, any translation for this field will be overwritten with⇒
 the base language values. Do you want to proceed?
```
  Click Yes.
  
  Note:
  
  This message displays the first time you check the Ignore? box for a translatable field. If you check this box again for the same field, the message will not display and the system copies, in the base language, the text in the Base Text field over to the Lang Text field. This text will appear in all rows in the table. Therefore, do not use the Ignore? option to simply copy the information in the Base Text field to the Lang Text box. To remove an entry in the Lang Text box made under these circumstances, clear the Ignore? box and delete the entry.
Click Save.