AcuLocalizationMD5Hash Operator - Haufe-Lexware/haufe.no-frills-transformation GitHub Wiki

Creates an MD5 hash string from input text according to Acumatica's localization hashing rules.

The aculocalizationmd5hash operator generates an MD5 hash using Acumatica's specific localization algorithm. It converts the input to lowercase and uses Unicode encoding, which is the standard method Acumatica uses for generating localization value IDs.

Returns a 32-character uppercase hexadecimal string representing the MD5 hash of the lowercased input using Unicode encoding.

<Field name="Id">aculocalizationmd5hash($NeutralValue)</Field>
<Field name="LocalizationKey">aculocalizationmd5hash(concat($Screen, ".", $Field))</Field>

Note: Records 1 and 3 produce the same Id hash because the input is converted to lowercase before hashing ("Customer Name" and "CUSTOMER NAME" both become "customer name").

• Localization IDs: Generate IDs for Acumatica LocalizationValue table
• Translation keys: Create deterministic keys for translation strings
• Screen labels: Generate IDs for UI labels and field names
• Duplicate detection: Identify duplicate localization entries (case-insensitive)

1. Input string is converted to lowercase
2. Unicode encoding is used for hashing
3. MD5 hash is computed
4. Result is returned as uppercase hexadecimal string
5. Same input (regardless of original case) always produces the same hash

<Target uri="acumatica://LocalizationValue.xml" config="localization_config.xml">
    <Field name="Id">aculocalizationmd5hash($NeutralValue)</Field>
    <Field name="NeutralValue">$NeutralValue</Field>
    <Field name="IsNotLocalized">acubool("false")</Field>
    <Field name="CreatedDateTime">acudatetimenow()</Field>
</Target>

This generates proper Acumatica localization IDs that match Acumatica's internal ID generation algorithm.

⚠️ MD5 is not cryptographically secure and should not be used for security purposes. This operator is designed specifically for Acumatica's localization system requirements.

• The input is always converted to lowercase before hashing
• Uses Unicode (UTF-16) encoding, unlike acumd5hash which uses ASCII
• This matches Acumatica's internal localization ID generation algorithm
• Empty string input produces a valid MD5 hash
• The hash is always 32 characters long

• AcuMd5Hash Operator - General-purpose MD5 hashing
• AcuBool Operator - Convert boolean values
• AcuDateTimeNow Operator - Current timestamp