Add a New Product Locale Mapping

This procedure shows how to specify French as the default product language for IBM® Cognos® components if Greek is used by the IBM Cognos Viewer user interface.

Procedure

  1. Start IBM Cognos Configuration.
  2. From the Actions menu, click Edit Global Configuration.
  3. Click the Product Locale Mappings tab.
  4. Click the Add button.
  5. Map the product languages in the following way:
    • In the Key column, type the code for Greek, which is el-*
    • In the Locale Mapping column, type the code for French, which is fr
  6. Click OK.
  7. Save the configuration.

Results

When a user opens a report in IBM Cognos Viewer in Greek, the IBM Cognos Viewer user interface also appears in Greek. The user interface of other components, such as IBM Cognos Connection and the studios, appears in French.