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how to change locale in salesforce

by Hillard Hackett Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Update Your Personal Locale

  • In the header, click your profile icon and select Settings.
  • In the Quick Find box, enter Language then select Language & Time Zone.
  • From this Settings area, the user selects the Time Zone, Locale, and Language that match their situation. ...
  • If multicurrency is enabled and configured (we show you how in the next unit) you can also set the personal currency here—in this case the Brazilian Real.
  • Click Save.

Update Your Personal Locale
  1. In the header, click your profile icon and select Settings.
  2. In the Quick Find box, enter Language then select Language & Time Zone.
  3. From this Settings area, the user selects the Time Zone, Locale, and Language that match their situation.

What are the Salesforce locale settings?

The Salesforce locale settings determine the display formats for date and time, users’ names, addresses, and commas and periods in numbers. For single-currency organizations, locales also set the default currency for the organization when you select them in the Currency Locale picklist on the Company Information page.

How do I change the language and Time Zone in Salesforce?

For Time Zone, select your primary time zone. For Locale, select your country or geographic region. For Language, select your primary language. All text and online help appears in the language you select. For Email Encoding, select the character set and encoding option for email that you send from Salesforce.

Is it hard to change company settings in Salesforce?

Whether your intentions are good, bad, or morally murky (hey, we don’t judge), securing counterfeit passports, facial reconstructive surgery, and a back story is tricky. Changing your company settings in Salesforce is far easier. Your company settings are the collection of information about your organization.

How do I change the default language and encoding in Salesforce?

For Language, select your primary language. All text and online help appears in the language you select. For Email Encoding, select the character set and encoding option for email that you send from Salesforce. Note Any user in a new org created after the 228 release will have Unicode as the default.

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How do I add a locale in Salesforce?

Required Editions Enter Personal Information in the Quick Find box, then select Personal Information. Specify these settings as needed. For Time Zone , select your primary time zone. For Locale , select your country or geographic region.

How do I find user locale in Salesforce?

To identify which users chose to use each locale, create a custom field on the User object. Then use that custom field to create a report that lists users by locale code. Optionally, to identify the locales identified in the SOQL query, create a custom field on the User object for the locale code. ), and select Setup.

What is a locale in Salesforce?

Locales determine the display formats for date and time, users' names, addresses, and commas and periods in numbers. The start day of the week for calendars varies per locale.

How do I change my system to local?

View the System Locale settings for WindowsClick Start then Control Panel.Click Clock, Language and Region.Windows 10, Windows 8: Click Region. ... Click the Administrative tab. ... Under the Language for non-Unicode programs section, click Change system locale and select the desired language.Click OK.More items...

Where is locale settings in Salesforce?

Update Your Personal LocaleIn the header, click your profile icon and select Settings.In the Quick Find box, enter Language then select Language & Time Zone.From this Settings area, the user selects the Time Zone, Locale, and Language that match their situation.More items...

What do you understand by locale?

Definition of locale 1 : a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding. 2 : site, scene the locale of a story.

What is the difference between local and locale?

When you see the word 'local', think about the place of 'origin'. In other words, if anything is local, it means springing up from or originating from there. As in.. On the other hand, locale indicates a place, environment or setting where things happen.

What changes with the new locale formats?

Custom Code and Locale Format Changes Address, currency, date, datetime, integer, name, and time formats can change when a user changes locales.

Which two parameters are configured using locale settings in Salesforce?

Which two sets of parameters are configured using Locale settings? Choose two answers. Answer: Time and Number Display format and First/Last Name and Date format are universal within each locale.

What is my current locale?

Press the Win + R hotkeys together on the keyboard and type the following command in your Run box: msinfo32 . Click the System Summary section on the left. On the right, see the Locale value.

How do I change my system locale in CMD?

Posts Tagged 'change system locale windows command line'Open the Control Panel in Large icons view, click Region.In the Region dialog that opens, select the Administrative tab and then click Change system locale.Select the desired language from the Current system locale drop-down list, and click OK.More items...•

How do I change my regional format to Japan?

Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.Click Clock, Language, and Region, and then click Regional and Language Options. ... On the Formats tab, under Current format, click Customize this format. ... Click the tab that contains the settings that you want to modify, and make your changes.

What Are Company Settings?

Have you ever wanted to assume an alternate identity? Whether your intentions are good, bad, or morally murky (hey, we don’t judge), securing counterfeit passports, facial reconstructive surgery, and a back story is tricky. Changing your company settings in Salesforce is far easier.

OK, But What Are Locale Settings?

Displaying information to your users in a familiar way improves users’ Salesforce experience and makes them more efficient secret agents. The Salesforce locale settings determine the display formats for date and time, user names, addresses, and commas and periods in numbers.

Update Your Company Information

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Update Your Personal Locale

As you now know, the Company Information page includes your company’s default locale, language, and time zone. But employees outside of headquarters can choose their own locale settings to match their situations. And locale doesn’t just cover location—imagine a Portuguese-speaking user who lives in Oregon State, but works with customers in Brazil.

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