Primary & Secondary Languages?

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the differentce between primary and Secondary langues with inheritence and current langues?

Thanks In advance

Vijay

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Vijay,

if you set primary language as english then the data will be shown in the english language but if there any data which is not present in the language of english, then MDM uses the secondory language option which you have setted up in the repository and the data will be shown as with the secondary language if avialable.

Regards,

Saurabh

[Former Member]

Hi,

An MDM repository can include any number of languages.

When you first connect to the MDM Console or to an MDM repository within the MDM Console you do not choose the language.Instead, each repository has a current language, which is the first in the repository-specific language ordering, also known as the primary language.The language-centric view determines not only which language of data is displayed,but also which language of metadata is

displayed, including table names, field names, and attribute names.

All other languages that you select in console are secondary languages.

When you add a new language to the repository, MDM

automatically: (1) adds the new language to the end of the secondary

inheritance for all other languages; (2) places all other languages in the

secondary inheritance for the new language; (3) adds values in the

new language for: (a) those tables whose names are fixed (e.g. the

Images and Families tables); (b) those tables and fields with a default

name that has not been changed (e.g. the Products and Categories

tables, and the Name field in each table); and (c) those Boolean values

whose default has not been changed (i.e. True and False).

Regards

Nisha

[Former Member]

hi,

Primary & secondary languages:

Repository can be maintained in multiple languages. In the console we will define in how many languages repository is maintained ( 3 0r 4 languages), you can maintain N number of language layers. when ever you are logging into the repostory using language English, if it is not maintained it will be opened in other language in the order you maintained in the repository. we can compare the data in different languages, colour coding.

MDM multilingual support fully addresses all of the requirements for multiple languages side-by-side within a single MDM repository. It starts with an end-to-end Unicode implementation that supports both Western and Eastern languages, reflects a data model with multiple language layers that avoids data duplication while ensuring data

integrity, and features an innovative user interface that offers flexibility and efficiency during the entry, editing, browsing, and publishing of multilingual data.

An individual MDM repository can be defined as storing data for an effectively unlimited number of languages, chosen from a list of languages and locales recognized by the system (e.g. English [US] and English [UK]), including both western European and Eastern languages.

follow these links:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/e0dbe6b4310a29e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/e0dbe6b4310a29e10000000a11466f/frameset.htm

hope this may help you,

regards,

srinivas

[Former Member]

Hi Vijay,

For multilingual data you have to choose languages in your MDM Console.

Each repository has a current language, which is the first in the repository-specific language ordering, also known as the primary language.

All other languages which follow the primary language are know as secondary languages.

Primary inheritance: For languages whose values are close enough to the current language to be acceptable.

Secondary inheritance: For languages whose values are too different from the current language to be acceptable ,but are perhaps useful during data entry and/or translation.

Color-coding for language inhertinace is as follows:

• Black: The value is from the current language.

• Green: The value is from a primary inherited language.

• Red: The value is from a secondary inherited language.

I hope I am able to solve your problem

Regards

Dilmit Chadha