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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-08-11
Determine Values to Translate

Determine Values to Translate

  • Configure your tenant for translations.
  • Security:
    Data Translation
    domain in the System functional area Requires
    Setup Administrator
    access.
The
Translation Status for User Language
report enables you to identify attributes you can translate, along with their translatable values (attribute instances).
  1. Access the
    Translation Status for User Language
    report.
  2. Select the
    User Language
    (the target language) and 1or more
    Functional Areas
    for the report.
  3. (Optional) Select the
    Only Consider Transactions Available for User Language
    option to limit the report results to values required to perform the tasks that Workday delivers in the target language.
    If you don't select this check box, the report might take longer to generate.
For each functional area requested, the report returns a list of translatable attributes and where you can find them:
Column
Description
Class
The class that contains the attribute. This is the
Translatable Business Object
that you select on the
Translate Business Object
report.
Total Instance Count
The number of translatable values that the class contains.
Exposed in Functional Areas
The functional areas that include the attribute.
Exposed in Transactions
The tasks that include the attribute and the languages for which Workday provides translations.
Maintained in Transactions
The tasks that you use to create and maintain business data for the attributes in this class.
We recommend maintaining your business data in 1 base language and using the
Translate Business Object
report to create translations.
Attribute
The element or field that has translatable values.
Translatable Attributes
The total number of translatable values:
  • In the base language.
  • Already translated in the target language.
  • Not yet translated.
You can drill down to specific instances of the
Translatable Attributes
by accessing the
View Translation Status for User Language
report and clicking a value in the column. Security:
Data Translation
domain in the System functional area.