Enter Description in the Proper Language

Explanation

Use this activity to enter descriptions for the purchase part in different languages. This is useful when the purchase part is bought from suppliers in different countries. If the required language description exists, it will be used when printing purchase documents.

Prerequisites

The choice of languages to be used for the purchase part is selected in the Language tab in the ISO Code Usage window, IFS/Application Services. Note that only the selected languages can be retrieved when specifying which will be used for the description.

System Effects

The description of the purchase part is entered using the desired language. When the part description is used on reports, the language specified in the supplier record for the supplier will be used.

Window

Purchase Part

Related Window Descriptions

Purchase Part
Purchase Part/Description Per Language

Procedure

1. In the Purchase Part window, query for the applicable purchase part record.
2. Click the Descriptions tab.
3. Create a new record.
4. Enter the desired language in which you want to describe your purchase part. You can either enter the language code or indicate it by using the List of Values.
5. Enter a part description in the corresponding language in the Part Description field with a maximum of two hundred characters.
6. Save your entry.