Installation or Upgrade of Basic Data Translations

Explanation

This is not an end-user activity but an activity that is performed during a fresh installation or upgrade. The purpose is to describe how the basic data translation is initiated.

When IFS Application components are installed, either through a fresh installation or upgrade, then as the last part of the installation process, basic data will be defined using so-called ins-scripts. The basic data is required to make the current version of the components work properly. Normally the following will happen when such a script is executed:

• A basic data record is sent to the Logical Unit (LU) that owns the data.
• If the basic data does not exist, it will be inserted into appropriate tables.
• If the basic data already exists, then normally only translatable texts such as descriptions will be updated in the Logical Unit.
• All basic data related texts that are supported by translations are sent to the BasicDataTranslation Logical Unit  and will be registered as so called "PROG" entries if existing, otherwise, an update will take place. All translations are stored in the Foundation1 Server storage called SRD, the Server Runtime Database, that also contains all other server related translations.
• Continue this work flow for all basic data records available in the file.

Note that the only entries in the translation database that are affected are the ones with the "PROG" language code. Each attribute to be translated is required to have a "PROG" entry, which will be registered in each Logical Unit during installation. 

As a second step during the installation phase, the basic data translations, as well as all other server related translations are defined. All these translations are stored in the component specific srd-files, e.g., Accrulen.srd, contains Server Runtime Database translations for Accounting Rules for the language "en". Depending on how the installation kit has been built, translations in one or more languages will be defined.

Note that if a translation already exists, the following will happen:

• The Installation Text will be updated.
• If the Text (current translation) before update was equal to the Installation Text, then the Text will also be updated.
• The translation will be defined as System Defined if the text/translation equals the installation text/translation.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

After the installation the following can be done:

• Basic Data translations can be viewed and modified if necessary in the Basic Data Translation window, found in the General folder. This means that it is possible to modify basic data translations online.

Window

Basic Data Translation

Related Window Descriptions

Basic Data Translation

Procedure

1. Perform a fresh installation or upgrade.
2. Open the Basic Data Translation window.
3. Perform query on module and Logical Unit to find or just press <F2> in order to populate the window with basic data translations.