19 Setting the Language for Users

In Oracle Identity Manager 11g Release 1 (11.1.1), the language preference of the user for the UI is not set according to the locale specified by the user in the Preferences section of the Self Service. However, this locale preference is used to determine the language of notification messages.

The logic to determine the UI locale gives precedence to other ways a locale can be specified, such as through Fusion Apps or Oracle Access Manager (OAM) login page, before using the browser locale.

The oracle.fusion.appsMode system property is used internally and is automatically set when the environment is with fusion Apps. Based on this property's value, the appropriate attribute within a cookie called ORA_FUSION_PREFS (set and used internally), is used to determine the locale.

To determine the UI locale for a user, the following logic is used internally:

1. Check if the oracle.fusion.appsMode system property is available.

2. If the oracle.fusion.appsMode system property is not available or the value is set to false, then preferredLanguage attribute is checked. The value of this attribute is the UI locale for the user. The preferredLanguage attribute is checked inside the ORA_FUSION_PREFS cookie.

3. If the oracle.fusion.appsMode system property is available and the value is set to true, then the locale attribute is checked inside the ORA_FUSION_PREFS cookie. The value of this attribute is the UI locale for the user.

   Note:

   The ORA_FUSION_PREFS cookie is internal to Oracle Identity Manager.

4. If the ORA_FUSION_PREFS cookie is not present, then check the browser language setting. The UI locale for the user is same as the browser language setting.

   Note:

   If none of the above can provide a locale value, then check the server setting.