How to migrate XLIFF files

XLIFF files can be migrated between Oracle instances using scripts. This is shown below.

Download XLIFF translations

To download the XLIFF files the script will be in the structure as below.

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader DOWNLOAD \
-DB_USERNAME <db_username> \
-DB_PASSWORD <db_password> \
-JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> \
-APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> \
-DS_CODE <ds_code> \
-TEMPLATE_CODE <lob_code> \
-FILES_DIR <directory> \
-SUMMARY_FILE <summary_file>

Working sample

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader DOWNLOAD \
-DB_USERNAME apps \
-DB_PASSWORD apps_dev6 \
-JDBC_CONNECTION dev6.na.******.com:1531:DEV6 \
-APPS_SHORT_NAME AMW \
-TEMPLATE_CODE XXEMPDET

The script has downloaded 2 XLIFF files. If you pick up the SQL script from the screen you will get, 

SELECT   l.application_short_name, lob_code, LANGUAGE, territory
    FROM xdo_lobs l,
         (SELECT application_short_name, template_code
            FROM xdo_templates_b
           WHERE mls_language IS NOT NULL
             AND application_short_name = :apps_short_name
             AND template_code = :template_code) b
   WHERE lob_type = 'MLS_TEMPLATE'
     AND l.application_short_name = b.application_short_name
     AND l.lob_code = b.template_code
ORDER BY l.application_short_name, l.lob_code

Executing the script in the database gives us 2 records for 2 translations

If we check for the translations on the template in XML Publisher Administrator responsibility we see that there are 2 active translations.

We see the XLIFF download script has functioned properly.

Upload XLIFF translations

Once  the XLIFF translations are downloaded the files can be uploaded to the target Oracle instance using the script below.

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader UPLOAD \
-DB_USERNAME <db_username> \
-DB_PASSWORD <db_password> \
-JDBC_CONNECTION <jdbc_con_string> \
-APPS_SHORT_NAME <application_short_name> \
-TEMPLATE_CODE <template_code> \
-OWNER <owner> \
-CUSTOM_MODE [FORCE|NOFORCE] \
-FILE_NAME <file_name>

Working sample

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XLIFFLoader UPLOAD \
-DB_USERNAME apps \
-DB_PASSWORD apps_dev6 \
-JDBC_CONNECTION dev6.na.*****.com:1531:DEV6 \
-APPS_SHORT_NAME AMW \
-TEMPLATE_CODE XXEMPDET \
-FILE_NAME AMW_XXEMPDET_es_00.xlf

The translation will be loaded to the template in the target instance.

Cheers!

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