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Multilingual Data Warehouse Dinesh Priyankara
8/26/2004 1:28:34 PM
sql server data warehouse: Hi all,

I have a small question. Is it possible to create multilingual data
warehouses (cubes). I have to create a Data Warehouse for one of customers
who has data in couple of countries. They need to query the data according
to their culture setting. Atpresent I'm using XMLA for analysis because they
need web-base analysis.

Please let me know if this can be done and if so, how.

Highly appreciate all your reply.

Dinesh

Re: Multilingual Data Warehouse Carlos Ortiz
8/26/2004 4:06:05 PM
I don't understand exactly what you need. Currency?, language?, name
products?.

Carlos

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Lic. Carlos E. Ortiz Maldonado
INFOTEC

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Re: Multilingual Data Warehouse Dinesh Priyankara
8/27/2004 6:55:04 AM
Hi Carlos,

Thanks for reply.

Let's say; client has three applications running at Japan (DB maintains with
Japanese Language), China (DB maintains with ChineseLanguage), Austrialia DB
maintains with English Language). Fist I have to create three DWs to three
contries according to their culture setting. (Eg, Japanese Manager needs to
see his DW in Japanese Langauge). Then after that I have to create one
consolidated DW (with all three countries DBs) that my client can see the
entire picture. But again if Japanese Manager wants to see the consolidated
DW in Japanese language, How do I do it? Is it possible to create the final
DW (consolidated) as multilingual DW? If possible how? If not, any
suggestion?

Thanks

Dinesh
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Re: Multilingual Data Warehouse Jéjé
8/27/2004 10:38:56 PM
in AS you can only setup multilanguage at member level.
So the members of a dimension can be displayed in the user language
but you cannot setup the cube name, measure name or dimension name in multi
language.
So you'll have :

Product (always displayed in english)
|--> Glasses (in english for english users, or in japanese for japanese
users)

SQL 2005 will support full multilanguage features (cube, dimensions,
measures, members...)

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Re: Multilingual Data Warehouse Jéjé
8/28/2004 12:46:01 PM
you can only setup the multilanguage for members only, not level labels.

to do this.
your source table must have 1 column for each language :
Label_EN; label_JP...
use the Label_En column as the member name property of the product level for
example.
then add Label_JP as a property for the level "product", go in the advanced
tab of this property.
Choose the type "CAPTION", then choose the language as "JApan"
(repeat these 2 tasks for each language you want)

now a japanese user will see the product name in japanese instead-of english
labels, and if an english uiser send an Excel report connected to the cube
to a japanese user, the japanese user see the japanese labels.
any user with a language not setup in the dimension will see the default
language (english in my sample steps)


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Re: Multilingual Data Warehouse Dinesh Priyankara
8/28/2004 9:10:02 PM
Thanks for the reply.

Ok, if I can set levels as mutilingual, How do I set? I can't find any
setting for this type of things when creating dimensions.

Dinesh


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