Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Invoking the localization utility
Once the global lists are defined and built, you may invoke the localization utility to define the format fields to utilize the global lists.
Note: To access the localization utility, click Tailoring >Localization Utility.
The localization utility is comprised of the following fields:
- Table Name: the table containing the fields you wish to localize.
- Field Name: a list of fields to localize.
- Global List: a list of global lists to be bound to those fields.
- Formats: a list of formats on which to apply each field-global list association.
Example: Use the following inputs to bind the Category (category) field in the probsummary table to the categories.active global list created in Create localized global lists. This example is set up to take effect on the IM.update.incident format.
| Field Label | Value |
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| Table Name | probsummary |
| Field Name | Category |
| Global List | categories.active |
| Formats | IM.update.incident |
After defining your requirements, you must save the record and click More or the More Actions icon and then select Run Localization Utility to run the utility.
The localization utility:
- Updates the corresponding data policy record so that each specified field is set to the associated global list in the Global List field.
- Updates all the listed formats containing these fields to use the display list values of the associated global list.
The Messages pane of the localization utility screen displays a list of the updated data policy record and all updated formats.
Note: Once the formats are updated by the localization utility, removing them from the Formats list and rerunning the utility does not reverse the changes. The utility is designed to be a one-way process so any reversions need to be made manually inside Forms Designer. Likewise, all data policy changes are not reversed and will need to be reverted manually.
Once the localization process completes, all the defined fields should appear localized when displayed using one of the converted formats. Instead of English, they display in the language associated with the user session.
Related concepts
Localization process
Global lists
Accessing and localizing message records for a codes-based global list
Related tasks
Enable a table for tag localization
Create localized global lists
Associate a field with a codes-based global list
