Adding a Catalog Multilingual Property Definition

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11/12/2009

You can create properties in your catalog that support multiple languages. For example, you can specify that the Description property is multilingual text, and then specify that Description can support English, German, Japanese, and French. By creating multilingual properties, you can create catalogs that support multiple languages.

You can create the following types of multilingual properties:

Multilingual text
Multilingual long text
Multilingual file name. The name of a file that will be unique for each language. For example, you might have a different image file for a product for each language, especially if the image contains text. Free-text searchable
Multilingual multiple choice

Multilingual properties do not support the free-text searchable option.

Notes

If you select the Assign to all product definitions option, any product definitions you create will automatically inherit this property. If you import an XML catalog in which this property has been set, it will affect all future product definitions you create.
A property name cannot start with a number.
Use the Is required box to specify whether a value for the property will be required. When a property is required, a appears next to it.

To add a multilingual property definition to the catalog definition

In Catalogs, click Catalog Definition Designer.
In the Catalog Definition Designer: Category Definitions screen, click on the toolbar, and then select Property Definitions from the drop-down list.
In the Catalog Definition Designer: PropertyDefinitions screen, click on the toolbar, and then select the multilingual property type that you want to use to create a new property definition.

The boxes that appear in the PropertyDefinition: New screen depend on the type of property definition you have selected. In the Properties section, do the following:

Use this	For property type	To do this
Name	All	Type an internal name for the property. To type the name that appears on your Web site, see step 5. Note After you save the property, you cannot change the internal property name.
Display on site	All	Select this check box to display the specified property to users on your Web site. If you want to keep some properties private for internal use, do not select this check box.
Specification searchable	All	Select this check box for this property to be used in specification searches.
Minimum length	Multilingual text	Type the number that defines the minimum length of the value for this property type. If you specify a length other than zero, this property becomes a required property for a product or category definition, and a will appear next to it.
Maximum length	Multilingual text	Type the number that defines the maximum length of the value for this property type.
Assign to all product types	All	Select this check box to assign the property to all product types. For example, you might want to add the property to generic product properties such as name, description, or weight. If you select the Assign to all product definitions option, any definitions you create automatically inherit this property.
Store data for analysis	All except multilingual long text	Select this check box to export the property to the Data Warehouse. Exporting data to the Data Warehouse makes data available for reporting purposes.
Display in products list	All	Select this check box to display this property in the products list.

In the Display Names section, click New, and select a language from the drop-down list.
In the Display Name box, type the property name in the appropriate language, and then click Accept.

This is the name that is displayed in the appropriate language to users visiting your site.
In the Default Values section, click New, and then select a language from the drop-down list.
In the Default value box, type the value that applies to this property using the specified language, and then click Accept.
To secure the property so other Business Desk users cannot edit or delete it, in the Security section, click Permissions.
Specify the Windows accounts for users who have been granted security permissions to update this catalog, and then click Close.
To save the property definition and return to the Catalog Definition Designer: Property Definitions screen, click on the toolbar.

You can now add the multilingual property definition to a category definition and/or a product definition.

Adding a Catalog Multilingual Property Definition

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