I just have simple doubt in modeling.
People say that we can create multi-lingual reports using Parameter maps in Cognos.
But I doubt whether this statement is true or not ....
Because unless we have multi-lingual data ( one database table with one language data) within the database is it possible to create multi-lingual data in Cognos ?
I mean Cognos won't convert English into any other language right , unless different languages exist within the database ?
Correct! :-) If you add multilingual names and descriptions to objects in Framework Manager, Cognos can display the relevant one based on a user's preferences, but it will not translate the data - you would need multilingual data in your database.
Regards,
MF.
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Translating limited set of codes (i.e. codesets with a small number of distinct values ) is still possible using # sq( $runLocale)# in case expressions.
Larger set of codes can be 'looked up' using (1) lookup query subjects, (2) proper joins , (3) a language column in the lookup to match Cognos output of # sq( $runLocale)# value for a given session
Random data can of course not be translated, you need it stored in the database..