Creating a Report Language Resource File for a New Language

You can translate reports and other text items used to generate PowerDesigner reports into a new language.

1. Select Tools > Resources > Report Languages to open the List of Report Languages, which shows all the available report language resource files.
2. Click the New tool to open the New Report Language dialog box, and enter the name that you want to appear in the List of Report Languages.
3. [optional] Select a report language in the Copy from list.
4. Click OK to open the new file in the Report Language Editor.
5. Open the Values Mapping category, and translate each of the keyword values. For more information, see Values Mapping category.
6. Open the Profile > Linguistic Variables category to create the grammar rules necessary for the correct evaluation of the report item templates. For more information, see Profile/Linguistic Variables category.
7. Open the Profile > Report Items Templates category, and translate the various templates. For more information, see Profile/Report Item Templates category. As you translate, you may discover additional linguistic variables that you should create (see previous step).
8. Click the All Classes tab to view a sortable list of all the metaclasses available in the PowerDesigner metamodel. Translate each of the metaclass names. For more information, see All Classes tab.
9. Click the All Attributes and Collections tab to view a sortable list of all the attributes and collections available in the PowerDesigner metamodel. Translate each of the attribute and collection names. For more information, see All Attributes and Collections tab.
10. Click the All Report Titles tab, and review the automatically generated report titles. For more information, see All Report Titles tab. Note that this tab may take several seconds to display.
11. Click the Save tool, and click OK to close the Report Language Editor. The report language resource file is now ready to be attached to a report.