Metadata Translation

This page describes how to manage translations related to Information Sources metadata, i.e. metadata for Dimension and Fact entities.

Contents

• General
• Scanning Metadata
• Metadata Term Handling
• Exploring Metadata Related Term Connections

General

Information Source related metadata should be translated. Translations will affect the following:

• The Information Source Navigator in IFS Business Analytics
• Display Name field in Information Source feature in Solution Manager in IFS Enterprise Explorer.

IFS Business Analytics will display Information Source related translatable attributes according to the Excel (MS Office) language setting.

The following attributes are translation handled:

• Information Source (fact)
  • Information Source name
  • Information Source URL texts
  • Information Source item name (can be a light item or a measure item)
  • Information Source item navigator folder name
• Dimensions
  • Dimension name
  • Dimension item name
  • Dimension item navigator folder name

Scanning Metadata

The first step will be to scan Information Source metadata. This is done in the Scan Translatable Code feature in Translation Manger in IEE.

Do as follows:

1. First deploy the metadata definition to the database.
   1. The fact and/or dimension metadata INS file has to be deployed in the database.
2. Open IFS Enterprise Explorer connected to that environment.
3. Navigate to Translation Manager / Administration / Scan Translatable Code
   1. IFS Enterprise Explorer address is ifswin:Ifs.Application.TranslatableCodeScanning.Scanner.
4. In Select Component field, select the component that the metadata source belongs to.
5. Click on the Manage Scan List… link
6. Select BI Object type in the combo box (refer Figure3: Scan BI Objects).
7. Add the modified or added metadata sources to the Scan List  and click Ok.
8. Now start the scanning by clicking on the Start Scanning link.

Figure 1: Scan BI Objects

Metadata Term Handling

After having scanned the Information Source (Fact) and Dimension specific metadata, then next step is to bind all scanned attributes to terms with associated display names and usage texts.

• Navigate to Localized Term Connection feature by navigating via the component to be handled. For a new attributes select category BI under Unconnected section.

  

  Figure 2: Localized Term Connection

• Connect it to a available Term or create a new Term if needed.
• Translate display names and usages texts associated with the term to desired languages.
• Refresh the language cache.

Exploring Metadata Related Term Connections

To find existing term connections related to metadata, do as follows:

• Navigate to Localized Term Connection feature by navigating via the component to be explored.
• Select category BI under Connected section.

Figure 3: Term Connections