Changing the Default Language

You can set a default language for an entire instance or change the default language of individual objects that you have created in Archer.

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Requirements for changing the default language of an object

The target language must contain a matching translatable property for every translatable property in the source language. This requirement applies to installing a package whose default language is not the same as the Platform default language. This requirement is especially important for changing a language back to the original language.

For example, when you change the language from English to German, English is the source, and German is the target. If the utility finds an exact match in the German translation for every English translatable property, the change succeeds. If the German translation contains additional properties not present in English, the utility ignores these and the change from English to German still succeeds.

However, if you want to reverse the process and change the language from German back to the original English, then German is the source and English is the target. The process fails because English does not contain a match for the additional translatable properties in German.

Change the default language of an object

  1. Go to the object you want to update.

    1. From the menu, click Admin menu.
    2. Do 1 of the following:
      • Under Application Builder, click Solutions, Applications, Questionnaires, Sub-Forms, or Global Values Lists.
      • Under Workspaces and Dashboards, select the option that you want.
    3. Select the object for which you want to change the default language.
    4. Click the General tab, if applicable.
  2. Do 1 of the following:
    • For solutions, global values lists, workspaces, and dashboards, click Change in the General Information section.
    • For applications, questionnaires, and sub-forms, click Change in the Options section.
  3. In the Default Language Change dialog box, select the new default language.
  4. Click OK.

Set the default language for an instance

  1. Go to the Manage Languages page.

    1. From the menu, click Admin menu.
    2. Under Globalization, click Languages.
  2. Select the language you want to set as the default instance language.
  3. In the Options section, select Make this the default language.
  4. Click Save.