Setting Up Multiple Languages
A base set of language codes is supplied with the system. System-defined languages cannot be changed or deleted.
Use the Language Maintenance activities (36.4.1) to view all records, create new ones, modify user-defined records, or delete user-defined records. For more information on language activities, see
QAD Financials User Guide.
To implement multiple languages in a database, you must:
1 Load the appropriate language data, either during initial system implementation or later. Loading translated labels marks the language as installed so that it is available to be associated with users.
2 Create countries for users in Country Create (36.1.3.1.1). Each country to be associated with a user must have an ISO country code specified in the Alternate Code field in Country Code Data Maintenance (2.14.1). Regional display defaults are determined by the ISO country, such as date and number formats.
3 Designate the default language and country code for each user in User Maintenance (36.3.1). This ensures that when the user logs on, the system displays data in that person’s language with the correct regional formatting. For more information on User Maintenance, see
QAD Security and Controls User Guide.
If the language is the same for all users but multiple language comments are required for orders, you only need to define the separate language codes using the Language function. A number of codes for supported languages are already defined.