Syndication of attributes in diff. languages is not working.

Question

Hi
I have this huge problem with syndicating attributes
We have a material rep. with a taxonomy containing of 2212 attributes mixed in numeric, text, range, logical
The main language is English.
When I set up a port to syndicate a material XML file with local attrib. lang. it can only be syndicated in English, so eventhoug all multilanguage fields are in local language, the taxonomy attributes are locked to English.
We have raised it with SAP, but did not get an answer we can use so far, so I wondered if somebody in here has found a solution or workaround
I know we can split attributes into languages, but not when they are mixed, only text attributes it seems.
What I do today to solve this situation is the following:
1.     log into the local language in syndicator
2.     File > New
3.     select the port
4.     u201Cexecute syndicationu201D
Thatu2019s all I do, but itu2019s manual.
Is there a way to automate this u201Cworkflowu201D via API, Java, Clix, or PI ?
All ports, PI and channels to legacy web portal are in place, I just need to trigger the port in the right language.
MDM 7.01.03.53
/Kurt

Answer 1

Hi RDNPrasad,
The attribute names are not same in both Norwegian and English layers. So in this case I need Norwegian attribute names in Norwegian.
Here I want to add that Attribute name is nothing but just like Field name, if it is carrying the same values as you said I agree the values of numeric attributes are same in all languages.  I mean if you want Attribute name in Norwegian it does not matter what Source attribute Name you map whether its in English or Norwegian as here your Target Structure Attribute name really matters. So in this case you should give Attributes name at Target Side in all languages (English, Norwegian) etc  and for source you can map clone Attribute fields as i said in my above post. Further as you said, Because I have maintained attribute names in Norwegian language also So similarly you need to maintain attribute names in Norwegian language (and all other languages) in Target structure along with English language and when you get this file from MDM, thus will have attributes name in all languages. So you need to give attribute name in all languages at target side(Destination Items).
e.g. I have two Attributes of Type Numeric languages Eng and Norwegian maintained in MDM.
InMDM TagetStructure
Color--Should map with>Target Attribute Name Color
Color(Clone)-Should map with -->Target Attribute name Farge , So in this way you will have required Attribute name in different languages with same values as Values would be remain same as it is Numeric.
suppose even if you get Attribute name of Type Numeric somehow Split, does it really matters..?
InMDM TargetStructure
Color--> Color
Farge-->Color , So here you getting Attribute name in English language though you have MDM Attributes name available in both languages. So please try to understand since all in all what matters the attribute Values. For Type Text , you can get Attribute values in different language using Split Multi-lingual and for Numeric you can use Clone or not need at all since values will remain same. So if you want Attribute name in all languages then it should be Target Side(Destination Item) and for Values in different languages it matters at source side(MDM side). I hope you got my point.
Kindly revert if you still have doubts else can mark thread as answered.
Regards,
Mandeep Saini