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TheAnatomyofMul0pleLanguageSupport(MLS)inOracleEBS

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Agenda

Mul9-LanguagePrimer Quiz Input/CharacterMapping/Display Charactersets Unicode/UTF8

OracleEBSMLS OracleForms OracleReports

ProjectPlanning LessonsLearnt Q&A


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Mul9-LanguagePrimer


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Quiz

Howmanybytesinthedatabaseareneededtoholdthefollowingcharacters?

AinWesternEuropeancharacterset

inWesternEuropeancharactersetintypicalJapanesecharactersetAinUnicode

inUnicodeinUnicodeinUTF8


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Answers

Howmanybytesinthedatabaseareneededtoholdthefollowingcharacters?

AinWesternEuropeancharacterset=1

inWesternEuropeancharacterset=1

intypicalJapanesecharacterset=2AinUnicode=2

inUnicode=2

inUnicode=2inUTF8=3


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Input->CharacterMapping->Display

(English)

Userpressand

releaseakey

Send

1EE

scancodes

aDisplayaonscreen

EnglishLocalelookup=61(singlebyte)Characterlookupfordisplay


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Userpressand

releaseakeywhile

inJapaneseinput

mode

Send

1EE

scancodes

Displaya

onscreen

JapaneseLocalelookup=A4A2(doublebytes)Characterlookupfordisplay

Input->CharacterMapping->Display

(Japanese)



Evolu9onofAsianCharacterSets

178:JapaninventedJIScharsetwhichincludeJapaneseandChinese

18x:ChinainventedChinesecharsetbasedonJapaneseJIS 18x:Koreadoesthesame Sincethen,variousderiva9vesofJapanese,Koreanand

Chinesecharsetsemerges

Soastherestoftheworld!!



Examplesofinterna9onalcharsets



Unicodecomestotherescue

12:UnicodeConsor9umwasformed Unicodeconsolidatesallexis9ng/commoncharactersetsin

theworld!!

Eachcharacterisrepresentedbyexactlytwobytes



ExampleofUnicodeCharacters

Unicodefora=61(twobytes)

Unicodefor=342(twobytes)



But,UnicodeIsNotGoodEnough

MajorityofcomputerdataisEnglishorNumberwhichusedtobeonebytepercharacter

Unicode(twobytespercharacter)willsubstan9allyincreasedatastorage($$)anddecreasespeed($$)

Unicodeisonlyusedfortransientdataduringprogramexecu9on



This9me,UTF8comestotherescue

UTF8isatransforma9on/encodingalgorithmofUnicode UTF8codesspanfromonetosixbytes EnglishandNumbersareencodedbacktosinglebytedata

(Problemsolved!!)



ExampleofUTF8Codes

CharacteraUnicode=61Octet=111UTF8=111UTF8=61(singlebyte)

CharacterUnicode=E8Octet=1111UTF8=1111111UTF8=C3A8(twobytes)

CharacterUnicode=342Octet=1111UTF8=111111111UTF8=E38182(threebytes)



OracleEBSMLS



OracleMul9-LanguageSupport(NLS/MLS)Setup

NLS_CHARACTERSET=AL32UTF8(recommendedbyOracleforR12) EnvparameterNLS_LANG=American_America.UTF8(DB9erand

Applica9on9er)

Ac9vateselectedlanguagesusingOAMLicenseManager RunadadmintomaintainMLStables RunadpatchtoInstallEBSMLS(Mul9-LanguageSupport)packsfor

selectedlanguages

ClientPCWindowslanguage/charactersetcanbetradi9onalorUTF8 Browsercharactersetcanbetradi9onalorUTF8 Charactersettransla9oncanoccuronPC,Browser,Java,Applica9on9er,Oracleu9li9es(sqlplus,sqlldr.;.)



OracleNLS/MLSTransla9on

Whentwodatanodeshavemismatchedcharactersengs,Oraclecomponentstranslatesourcedataintotargetcharactersetinten9onally(good!)or

uninten9onally(datacorrup9on!)



OracleEBSMul9-LanguageCapability

DatabaseNLS_CHARACTERSET=AL32UTF8tosupportdatastoreinanylanguage

EnabledlanguagesinEBSac9vateMLSfunc9onalityintransla9ontables(xxx_TL)

Thereareabout8,000+xxx_TLtables MLSpacksprovideformsandreportsboilerplatesinselectedlanguages OAFramework(htmlforms)doesthetransla9on XML(BI)Publisherhasitsowncharactertransla9oncapabilitywith

languagetemplates

Profileop9ons ICX:Language(OracleForms) ICX:ClientIANAEncoding(HTMLForms) FND:Na9veClientEncoding(Displayreportsoutput)



ExampleofOracleEBSMLSenabledtables

fa_addi0ons_basset_id

asset_number

asset_type

tag_number

asset_category_id

..

fa_addi0ons_tl

asset_id

languagesource_lang

descrip9on

..



EnglishFormcanacceptanycharacter


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InstalledJA(Japanese)andZHS(SimplifiedChinese)MLSPacks

FormdisplaysrecordwhereLanguagevalue=formlanguage Foranyfutureupdatetoassetdescrip9onviaEnglishform,theformwillcon9nue

toupdateallthreerowsbecauseSource_LangisUS


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SwitchtoJapaneseForm

SwitchtoJapaneseFormsbysengprofileop9onICX:Language; Logoutandloginagaintoac9vate;


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JapaneseForm

BoilerplateandseededdatainJapanese


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EnterJapaneseDatainJapaneseForm

IftheAssetdescrip9onisupdatedviatheJapaneseForm,hereiswhatisstoredinthetables;

SQL>selectasset_id,language,source_lang,substr(descrip9on,1,20)fromfa_addi9ons_tlwhere

asset_id=5163883;

ASSET_IDLANGUAGESOURCE_LANGSUBSTR(DESCRIPTION,1,20)----------------------------------------------------------------

5163883 JA JA Asset1Englishd5163883 US US Asset1Englishdesc

5163883 ZHS US Asset1Englishdesc

ThisrowbecomesonlyupdatableinJapaneseformbecauseSource_LanghasbeenupdatedtoJA


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UseEnglishFormtoviewAssetdata

SwitchtoEnglishformbysengprofileop9on Logoutandlogintoreac9vate UserisseeingtherowwhichisLanguage=US


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RunReports

Regardlessofwhatlanguageyouarein,youcanrunreportinanylanguage


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ReportsOutputinJapanese


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UseEnglishformtoinputassetdescrip9oninalllanguages

InEnglishform,usercanclicktheGlobeicononthetaskbar,awindowwillpopuptoallowusertoenterMLSenabled

fieldsinalllanguages


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ProjectPlanning

Languagerequirement? Legal/Statutory Users

Dataconversion DatabaseMigra9onAssistantforUnicode(DMU) Datamigra9onscriptsforlegacysystems

Capacityplanning OverheadsinMLSpacks

Installa9on Tes9ng

Infrastructureandclientdesktops Prin9ng Supportability


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LessonsLearnt

HirequalifiedpersoninMLS Verifydatausingdumpcommands CheckyourDRserver,backup,restore,interfacesetc. Doesdatareviewerorapproverspeakthesamelanguage? Engagemul9lingualusersforcentralisedtes9ng Testallcombina9onsofconfigura9ons


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Q&A


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Appendix

Usefulsqlcommands Select*fromV$NLS_VALID_VALUESorderbparameter,value; Select*fromV$NLS_PARAMETERSwhereparameter=NLS_CHARACTERSET; Selectdump(columnxx,1016)fromtable;

Usefulunixcommands odx iconvfUTF-8tISO-2022-JPsource_file Sqlplusadncnvcommand NLS_LANG=American_America.UTF8;exportNLS_LANG

Oraclesupport(metalink) DocID:Note:333785.1->OracleApplica9on11iInterna9onaliza9onGuide Interna9onaliza9onUpdateNotesforRelease12[ID33320.1] PatchID252422.1 NLSreleasenotes[ID788053.1] Globaliza9onGuideforOracleApplica9onsRelease12[ID33861.1]

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