Languages and Locales for External Collections

You must select a locale or a language when you create an external collection to determine which users can view the content in the collection. A locale designates a language as it is used in a specific region or by a specific population. For example, there are differences in how English is used in the United States compared with its use in Canada. Locales have codes that identify their language and region. The code for English Canada is en_CA, and the code for English United States is en_US.

At the Locale field, select Auto (automatic language detection for a collection, based on the language of the documents it contains), a locale, or a language as follows:

• If the collection includes documents authored in multiple languages, then select Auto, which uses document properties to assign a language to each document in the collection.

• If the collection includes documents authored in a single language, but not a specific regional variant, then select the language.

• If the collection includes documents authored in a specific regional variant of a language, then select the locale.

For information on assigning languages and locales, see Assign Languages and Locales to External Collections.