Replacing Non-Message Text
The Replace Data page displays the database object search results, but not the Message Catalog search results. Use this page to review search results, verify replacement text, and indicate when to run the Replace process.
This section discusses how to:
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Review search results.
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Verify replacement text.
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Enable or disable replace processing.
Reviewing Search Results
To review search results:
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Examine the search results in both the base language and the non-base language.
The search results appear in a grid where you can see details about each occurrence of the search text.
Field or Control Description Base Text
Displays the occurrences of the text that you searched for in the base language tables.
Non-Base Text
Displays the occurrences of the text you searched for in the non-base language tables. This is the text that is replaced if you decide to run the Replace process. If you searched the base language only, there is no non-base text, and the base text is replaced.
Replacement Text, Too Long, and Replace
These columns are used to finalize the replacement text.
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Look to see which pages display the search text.
Field or Control Description Pages
This column indicates the number of pages on which the instance of the search text appears. This number appears only for objects that are placed on pages: fields, translate values, and (hard-coded) page text.
View Text Search Details
Click this button to display details about that occurrence of the search text.
View the record and field where this instance was found, as well as the keys for each occurrence of the text in the record. Also view the text from the base language table, the corresponding translation from the related language table, and the suggested replacement text.
View Text Found
Click this button to display information about which search words were found. Remember that a single set of search criteria can include searches for many terms. For example, if you searched for both Codigo and Departamento, the Text Found page shows which word or words were found in this record.
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(Optional) Review the information about the record and field where the text was found.
Field or Control Description Field Name
System name of the field where the text resides.
Length
Displays the length of the field. This information is useful when you plan to replace text because it tells you the maximum length of any replacement text.
Record
Name of the record where the occurrence was found.
RLang Rec (related language record)
Name of the corresponding related language table.
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(Optional) Inspect the original search criteria.
Field or Control Description View Search Criteria
Click this button to display a read-only version of the search criteria. This can help you understand the search results.
Verifying Replacement Text
To verify replacement text:
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Inspect the suggested replacement text.
Field or Control Description Replacement Text
Shows the suggested replacement text, based on your original search criteria. At this point no replacement has occurred. Remember that the replacement text replaces the non-base text unless you searched only the base language, in which case it replaces the base text.
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If necessary, modify the replacement text.
Modify the replacement text if you’re not happy with the suggested text or if the suggested text is too long for the field.
Field or Control Description Too Long
The system selects this check box when the suggested replacement text is too long for the field. This can occur when the replacement text is longer than the search text. When this happens, you must edit the replacement text (perhaps using an abbreviation) so that it fits in the field. It may help to look at the Length column to see the maximum allowable length.
Once the replacement text is an acceptable length, the system clears the Too Long check box.
You don’t need to modify the text if you decide that you don’t want the replacement to happen at all; the next step describes a different mechanism for disabling replacement for specific rows.
Note: When the replacement text is too long, the search text won’t be replaced during the Replace process.
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Selectively enable and disable replacement processing.
Field or Control Description Replace
Use this check box to replace some occurrences of the search text without replacing all of them.
Select the check box for the occurrences that you want to replace; clear the check box for the occurrences that you want left as they are. When you run the Replace process, only the selected rows are updated.
After you run a search, the Replace check box is automatically selected for all occurrences other than those where the suggested replacement text is too long for the field.
To clear the Replace check box in all rows, click the arrow that curves to the left.
To select the Replace check box in all rows (other than those where the replacement text is too long for the field), click the arrow that curves to the right.
Enabling or Disabling Replace Processing
To enable or disable replace processing:
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To enable replace processing, select the Replace Ready check box.
The replace process picks up only searches where this check box is selected.
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To permanently disable replace processing for this specific search, click the Complete button.
This button changes the status of the results to Complete. Once this happens, no further processing is possible. If you have edited messages on the Replace Messages page, those changes become permanent.
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Click the Save button.
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