Locale

This topic is part of Global Deployment Terminology.

A locale is based on the language, country (territory), and character set applicable to a particular place or region. Siebel CRM cannot control the character set supported by the database and do not directly support the concept of a country, so the locale is primarily based on the language. Organization is sometimes used as a proxy for country.

Locales are defined in the Siebel seed data and associated with Application Object Manager components, as are languages. A Siebel locale includes a collection of user profile inputs, including keyboard layout and the formats used for numbers, dates, currencies, and times. Bidirectionality is also a function of locale, as noted in Verifying Bidirectional Capability.

The Siebel Web Client adopts the locale settings in effect for the Application Object Manager component on the Siebel Server.

The Siebel Mobile Web Client and Developer Web Client adopt the locale settings defined in the client operating system’s regional settings.

For more information about locales defined in Siebel CRM, see Siebel Applications Administration Guide.