Localization Manager
Localization Manager Overview
The purpose of this tool is to manage local information used in the SFX database. With this tool, it is possible to do the following:
- Compare and report local and global information
- Remove localizations
- Check the syntax of local object portfolio thresholds
This tool provides options to either report or report and remove the following localizations, for either global portfolios, global target services, or global objects:
- For target services and portfolios:
- local threshold – compare with global threshold
- local parser – compare with global parser
- local parse_param – compare with global parse_param
- local displayer (target service only) – compare with global parse_param
- proxy configuration
- For objects:
- local title – compare with global title
- local authors – compare with global authors
- local field
To start the Localization Manager tool, from the Additional KB Tools section of the Setup and Administration area, click Localization Manager.
The Localization Manager consists of the following tabs:
Target Services
The Target Services tab allows you to locate localizations for target services.

Target Services
To locate localizations for target services:
- Select one of the following from the drop-down list:
- All – to locate localizations for all target services
- Active – to locate localizations for active target services. A list of active target services is displayed.
- Specific – to locate localizations for specific target services. A list of all target services is displayed.
- If you select Active or Specific, a list of target services is displayed. From this list, select one or more target services that you want checked for localizations and click the right arrow. Click the double right arrow to move all of the target services displayed to the selection box.
- If you have institutes defined, from the Select Institute/s drop-down list, select the institute that you want checked for localizations.
Only THRESHOLD and PROXY fields can be localized per institute. If other fields are selected for comparison, they are ignored.
- In the E-mail (Required) field, enter an email address to which the report should be sent.
- From the Mode field, select one of the following options:
- Report localized fields
- Remove localized fields if content is identical to corresponding global field
- Remove localized fields
- Select All to perform the action on all fields or select Specific and then select one or more of the following localized fields on which you want to perform the action:
- THRESHOLD
- PARSER
- PARSE_PARAM
- DISPLAYER
- PROXY
- Select Schedule Localization Manager and select a date and time to schedule the Localization Manager to run.
- Click Submit.
Object Portfolios
The Object Portfolios tab allows you to locate localizations for object portfolios.

Object Portfolios
To locate localizations for object portfolios:
- Select one of the following from the drop-down list:
- All – to locate localizations for the object portfolios of all target services
- Active – to locate localizations for the object portfolios of all active target services. A list of active object portfolios is displayed.
- Specific – to locate localizations for the object portfolios of specific target services. A list of all object portfolios is displayed.
- If you select Active or Specific, a list of object portfolios is displayed. From this list, select one or more target services for which you want to check the portfolio localizations and click the right arrow. Click the double right arrow to move all of the target services displayed to the selection box.
- If you have institutes defined, from the Select Institute/s drop-down list, select the institute that you want checked for localizations.
Only the THRESHOLD field can be localized per institute. If other fields are selected for comparison, they are ignored.
- You can limit the portfolios to be checked for localization by using an input file with objects:
- Click Input file and select the file.
- From the which contains drop-down list, select a primary key:
- ISSN
- ISBN
- Object ID
Both ISBN10 and ISBN13 are allowed in the input file.
- In the E-mail (Required) field, enter an email address to which the report should be sent.
- From the Mode field, select one of the following options:
- Report localized fields
- Remove localized fields if content is identical to corresponding global field
- Remove localized fields
- Select All to perform the action on all fields or select Specific and then select one or more of the following localized fields on which you want to perform the action:
- THRESHOLD
- PARSER
- PARSE_PARAM
- PROXY
- Select Schedule Localization Manager and select a date and time to schedule the Localization Manager to run.
- To check the threshold syntax of all object portfolios of a particular target service:
- Select Check syntax of local thresholds of ALL portfolios of the following Target service(s).
- From the selection box, select target services.
- In the E-mail (Required) field, enter an email address to which the report should be sent.
- Select Schedule Localization Manager and select a date and time to schedule the Localization Manager to run.
- Click Submit.
Objects
The Objects tab allows you to locate localizations for objects.

Objects
To locate localizations for objects:
- Select one of the following from the drop-down list:
- All – to locate localizations for all objects
- Specific – to locate localizations for specific objects from an input file
- To search a list of objects listed in an input file:
- Click Input file and select the file.
- From the which contains drop-down list, select a primary key:
- ISSN
- ISBN
- Object ID
- In the E-mail (Required) field, enter an email address to which the report should be sent.
- From the Mode field, select one of the following options:
- Report localized fields
- Remove localized fields if content is identical to corresponding global field
- Remove localized fields
- Select All to perform the action on all fields or select Specific and then select one or more of the following localized fields on which you want to perform the action:
- TITLE
- AUTHOR
- LOCAL
- Select Schedule Localization Manager and select a date and time to schedule the Localization Manager to run.
- Click Submit.
Reports
The Reports tab allows you to view a list of previously run tasks and to download reports:

Reports
The following information is displayed:
- Date/Time – the date and time that the report ran
- Report Type – the type of the report:
- Target Services
- Object Portfolios
- Objects
- Report Mode – the mode of the report:
- Report
- Report after compare
- Remove – no compare
- Report Name – the name of the report. Click the report name to view the report.
- Log File – the log file of the task. Click the log file to view the log file.