3.6 Localizing Display Text

The directory abstraction layer editor provides an easy way to localize the display text for:

3.6.1 Supported Languages

You can localize the display text in any language supported by the Java Locale class. You can set the languages you want to localize through Designer’s localization preference (Windows > Preferences > Provisioning > Localization). For more information, see Section 2.2, Setting Provisioning View Preferences.

3.6.2 Localizing Text

The directory abstraction layer editor provides multiple ways to localize abstraction layer definitions. You can access the localization dialog boxes in these ways:

Table 3-4 Ways to Access the Localization Dialog Boxes

To define the localization text for

Action

Every localizable item in the directory abstraction layer

Select DAL > Set Global Localization.

or

Click Set Global Localization (from the editor’s toolbar), then select the Target Language before entering the localized text in the Target field.

A specific entity, relationship or list

From the tree view select the object to localize, right-click and select Localize, then select the Target Language before entering the localized text in the Target field.

A single display label

Select a specific entity or attribute, then click Localize Display Label (beside the Display Label field in the Property pane).

Each dialog box prompts you for the following localization information:

Table 3-5 Localization Information

Field

Description

Origin

This is typically the object type (such as entity, list, or relationship) and key.

Source

The text to translate (such as display label).

Target Language

One of the supported languages.

Target

The translation text.