Setting Up a Multilingual feature in my Cognos Reports

[fshahul]

Hi,

Anyone can help me step by step process, how to setup/create a multilingual feature in Cognos Report Studio reports?

For example, if the user is running the report in Japanese language, then the report output should display in Japanese.

Version: Cognos 10.1.1
Model: Relational

Thanks

[blom0344]

You can use  the locale() parameter to be used in Report Expressions with the report:

case Locale()
when 'en'
then 'somethingenglish'
when 'ja'
then 'somethingjapanese'
else 'somethingdefault'
end
If you want automatic label translation of model dataitems, then add user languages to the model. This works for dataitems used 'as is' within reports, as the labels are automatically displayed in the user's language setting.
Content can also be made multilingual, both within the model (parameter maps; lookup tabels) or within CASE expressions:

case when   # sq( $runLocale)#  = 'en' then [dataitem_en] when  # sq( $runLocale)# = 'ja' then [dataitem_ja] else  [default] end

[MFGF]

Hi,

Anyone can help me step by step process, how to setup/create a multilingual feature in Cognos Report Studio reports?

For example, if the user is running the report in Japanese language, then the report output should display in Japanese.

Version: Cognos 10.1.1
Model: Relational

Thanks

The other important consideration is that Cognos does not translate data. You will only see Japanese data values displayed if you are holding these in your data source. Most of the setup to support multilingual data is done in Framework Manager - usually using macros or filters to bring in the relevant language descriptive items based on the user's locale setting.

Cheers!

MF.