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Setting Up Locales
A locale is a set of rules guiding how common data is displayed to the user or received from the user. These rules are used to format data from a database before displaying the resulting information in output fields on the user interface. Siebel applications support language and geographical conventions for the display language of picklists, and formatting of data such as dates, time, numbers, and currency based on locale settings.
The Locale information is stored in the Locale Table (S_LOCALE). The data in this table is maintained by the administrator using the Locale Administration view.
The locale with which the Component Object Manager processes are initialized is determined by the value of the parameter Locale Code. Although this is set during installation, it may be changed to the locale code of any locale that is preconfigured with the Siebel application or added by the administrator. The Locale Code parameter can be set at the Enterprise, Server, or Component level.
A number of locales and their parameters come prebuilt with the standard Siebel application. You can also create and revise locales in the Locale Administration view.
After a locale and its parameters are defined, you can create translations for locale names that will display in the locale pick applet, rather than the three letter acronym locale code. For example, instead of showing ENU as locale name, the administrator provides English-United States as a translation for English speakers and Inglese-Stati Uniti d'America for Italian speakers. Only translated locale names are exposed to end-users on locale pick applets.
NOTE: Whereas the Siebel Web Clients use the locale settings specified in the Locale Administration view, the Siebel Mobile Web Client and the Siebel Dedicated Web Client use the locale settings defined in the client operating system's regional settings. [
- From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration > Locale.
- In the Locale list, create a new record and fill in the necessary fields.
Some of the fields are described in the following table.
To create a translation for a locale name
- From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Applications Administration > Locale, and select the appropriate record.
- Click the Locale Name Translation view tab.
- On the Locale Name Translation list, create a new record and fill in the necessary fields, as described in the following table.
- Edit the locale record. (See To create a locale.)
- To have the edits take effect, restart the Application Object Manager.
(For more information about shutting down and starting an unassigned component such as an Application Object Manager, see Siebel Server Administration Guide.)
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Applications Administration Guide Published: 09 September 2004 |