1. Implementing Your Agency
  2. Setting Up Languages

Setting Up Languages

Add languages and establish language defaults for your agency.

To enable user language preference and locale support you must:

  1. Define the supported languages for your agency.

  2. Define the default language for anonymous user setup.

Adding Supported Agency Languages

Supported languages are available for users to select as the default language on the My Preferences page accessed from the profile icon in the global banner. Additionally, you must select one supported language as the default language for anonymous user setup.

  1. Select the Setup and Maintenance tile on the Agency Springboard to access the Functional Setup Manager.

  2. From the Setup drop-down list, select your offering.
  3. From the Functional Areas list in the left panel, select Agency Profile.
  4. The right panel shows the required tasks for the selected functional area. Select All Tasks from the Show drop-down list and then select Manage Agencies from the tasks list.

  5. Click the row for your agency on the Agency Information tab.

  6. Select the Languages tab.

  7. Click + Add.

  8. Enter values for the following fields:

    Page Elements

    Definition

    Language

    Select the language you want to add.

    Primary

    Select to indicate that this is the primary language for the agency. An agency may have only one primary language.

    From Date and To Date

    Enter the date range for which the language is valid.

  9. Click Save.

Define the Default Language for Anonymous User Setup

  1. Select the Setup and Maintenance tile on the Agency Springboard to access the Functional Setup Manager.

  2. From the Setup drop-down list, select Public Sector Permits or Public Sector Planning and Zoning.
  3. From the Functional Areas list in the left panel, select Application Extensions.

  4. Select the Manage Applications Core Administrator Profile Values task.

    This is an example of the Manage Applications Core Administrator Profile Values page.

    Example of the Manage Applications Core Administrator Profile Values page

  5. Enter FND_LANGUAGE in the Profile Option Code field and click Search.

  6. Add a profile value with a Profile Level of Site and a Profile Value of the supported language that you want to establish as the default.

  7. Click Save and Close.