Activate a Knowledge Management language

User role: System Administrator

Languages in the Solr search engine are identified by language codes known as "KM Identifier" values. When a KM Identifier value is assigned to a language, the language can be activated and enabled to be used by the search engine.

Note: Languages not containing a valid KM Identifier value are not supported by the search engine and should not be enabled for Knowledge Management. If they are enabled, the search engine will default to the English language processing rules for both searching and indexing.

To activate a language that has a KM Identifier value for the search engine:

Note: By default, the English language is activated.

  1. Click Tailoring > Database Manager.
  2. In the Table field, type language and then click Search.
  3. Double-click the language form and click Search. A list of language identification records is displayed.
  4. Select the applicable language identification record. The record is displayed. 

    Note: There are three Chinese language records (Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Chinese). Service Manager differentiates between Chinese traditional and Chinese simplified, but the search engine uses only one language file for both languages. To enable Chinese for the search engine, select Chinese.
  5. Look at the KM Identifier field. If there is a valid KM Identifier value, then this language can be activated and enabled in the search engine. Following are some examples of the valid KM Identifier values that are stored in the language table.
  6. Language KM Identifier value
    Arabic ar
    English en
    German de
    Spanish es
  7. Select the Active for Knowledge Management field to make the language available to be used in the Solr search engine.
  8. Click Save and OK
  9. Users must log out and then log back in for the language activation to take affect.

Related topics

Supported Languages for the Solr Search Engine