Showing usage of a translation
NOTE: To perform the task, users require the Common_AllowRiskyWhereClauses program function.
You can edit translations in different places. When you change a translation, all those places are shown. Before changing a translation, check in the Designer about how it is used.
To display usage of a key
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In the Designer, select the Base data > Localization category.
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Start the Language Editor using Edit translation in database.
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In the Usage column for the required entry, select the Show usage context menu.
This opens a dialog showing all the occurrences of where the key is used. Double-click an entry to view the advanced properties of an object.
Editing translations of a single table
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You can edit translations in different places. When you change a translation, all those places are shown. Before changing a translation, check in the Designer about how it is used.
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Users can only edit object and column translations for which they have permissions.
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To edit all translation, users require the Common_Translate program function.
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Customized default translations are highlighted in yellow in the translation table.
To translate the contents of a single table
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In the Designer, select the One Identity Manager schema category.
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Select the table and start the Language Editor using Edit translation in table.
The Language Editor shows all available translations from the columns of the selected table that are labeled for translation.
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Select the languages of the translations you want to edit under Select languages in the toolbar.
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To identify entries for which no translation is currently available, click 
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Edit the translations.
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Double-click the input field to unlock it and enter the translation.
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Once you have checked a translation, set the translation to Checked.
TIP:
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Use Ctrl + K to transfer the key value to the translation.
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Use 
to run a grammar check.
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Use the Edit context menu to:
After the changes have been committed to the main database, the system data must be recalculated by the DBQueue Processor in order make the new multi-language data available to all system users.
For more information on translating the permitted values of a column, see Permitted column values.
Editing all translations
NOTE:
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You can edit translations in different places. When you change a translation, all those places are shown. Before changing a translation, check in the Designer about how it is used.
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Users can only edit objects and columns for which they have permissions.
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To edit all translation, users require the Common_Translate program function.
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Customized default translations are highlighted in yellow in the translation table.
To display and edit all translations in the Language Editor
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In the Designer, select the Base data > Localization category.
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Start the Language Editor using Edit translation in database.
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Select the languages of the translations you want to edit under Select languages in the toolbar.
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To identify entries for which no translation is currently available, click .
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Use filters to limit how much data is displayed, if necessary.
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Click in a column header to sort by the selected column.
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To limit column entries, click the arrow in the column header. This opens a field into which you can enter filter text. If a filter is defined, the column header displays an 
icon. To delete the filter, click the arrow in the column header and select Remove filter.
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You can also enter add a filter to the toolbar using Filter. The icon applies the filter to the key and the translations. To reset the filter, click the 
. The icon 
can also be used to create and save additional filter queries with full-text search or SQL queries.
When you double-click an entry in a translation field to unlock and highlight it, the selected text is automatically copied to Filter in the display.
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Edit the translations.
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Double-click the input field to unlock it and enter the translation.
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Once you have checked a translation, set the translation to Checked.
TIP:
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Use Ctrl + K to transfer the key value to the translation.
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Use to run a grammar check.
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Use the Edit context menu to:
After the changes have been committed to the main database, the system data must be recalculated by the DBQueue Processor in order make the new multi-language data available to all system users.
Changing translation keys
Use this task to change the key of a translation (Entrykey) in the DialogMultiLanguage table and the source text of all objects that use this key, such as a column name or description.
IMPORTANT: Before changing a key, check in the Designer about how it is used.
To change a key
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In the Designer, select the Base data > Localization category.
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Start the Language Editor using Edit translation in database.
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In the Key column for the required entry, select the Edit key context menu item.
