This chapter includes the following sections:
This chapter describes how to use the Export XLIFF function that is available at the catalog level.
When you select a folder and choose this option, a single XLIFF file is generated that contains the translatable strings from the catalog objects contained in the folder; and the RTF and XPT templates contained in the folder. See the following section for the detailed list of what is translatable.
The target strings in the generated XLIFF file can be translated into the desired language. The XLIFF can then be uploaded back to the BI Publisher repository and assigned the appropriate locale. The translated strings from the XLIFF are displayed when a user selects the target language as their UI language (for catalog object strings) or selects the target language as their Report Locale (for report template strings).
If BI Publisher is integrated with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, then BI Publisher catalog object string translation (folder and report, data model, style template and sub template names) is ignored. The Oracle BI Enterprise Edition catalog translation mechanism is applied instead. For information on components that can be translated in an integrated catalog, see System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
Specific strings can be translated into different languages.
The following table shows what strings can be translated.
Object | What Can Be Translated | Preference That Determines Translation Displayed |
---|---|---|
Folder |
Name Description |
UI Language (applies to all) |
Data Model |
Name Description Data Display Name |
UI Language (applies to all) |
Report |
Name Description Layout Names Data Model Reference Parameter Name |
UI Language (applies to all) |
Style Template |
Name Static text in the template |
UI Language Report Locale |
Sub Template |
Name Static text in the template |
UI Language Report Locale |
BI Publisher Layouts (.xpt) |
Static text in the layout |
Report Locale |
RTF Layouts |
Static text in the layout |
Report Locale |
Translation of BI Publisher catalog objects using the Export XLIFF function is available at the catalog level.
For catalog translation, the source language is limited to "en". You must create catalog and data model objects in English locale to be able to translate them.
In the XLIFF file generated for a catalog object, the source-language and target-language attributes contain values for the two-letter language code only as shown in this figure.
For information on how to manually update the XLIFF files with translation strings, see What Is an XLIFF?
When the target tags have been translated you are ready to import the XLIFF file back to BI Publisher.