MANAGE LOCALES

Use the table window in this screen to set up report locales, which specify how report data should be formatted regarding language, numbers, and date/time preferences.

Report locale ID data used throughout Costpoint is validated against your entries in this screen.

Although this field is not required, Costpoint provides a default report locale ID (en_US) for this screen (in the W_LOCALE table) and displays this default in the Configure System Settings screen. This locale is used as a company default unless you have specified a different locale in the Configure System Settings screen or you have overwritten the default on an individual user preference basis in the Manage Users screen (in the Printing Defaults tab). For convenience, you must set up the system defaults first and then make changes on an individual user basis as desired and where applicable.

Set up this screen during initialization before you enter data in the Configure System Settings and Manage Users screens. You can assign a default locale ID for the system in the Configure System Settings screen, and you can overwrite the system default locale ID with a default specific for the user in the Manage Users screen (in the Printing Defaults tab).

Use to add a new entry to this table window.

Location

Report Locale ID

Use this field to enter a report locale ID. A good naming practice to follow is that used by ISO standards, such as xx_YY, in which xx is the language and YY is the country. (For example, en_US, fr_FR, etc.)

Costpoint provides a default report locale ID (en_US) for this screen (in the W_LOCALE table) and displays this default in the Configure System Settings screen.

Name

Use this field to enter a descriptive name for this Report Locale ID.

Language

Use this field to enter, or use to select, a language ID for this report locale.

Language Number  

This field displays the language number associated with this Language.

Decimal Separator

Use this drop-down list box to select a decimal separator for numbers generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• Period

• Comma

• Space

• Single Quote

1000s Separator

Use this drop-down list box to select a thousands separator for numbers generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• Period

• Comma

• Space

• Single Quote

Numbers Example

This field displays a preview of the options you specified in the Decimal Separator and 1000s Separator fields.

Date Separator

Use this drop-down list box to select the symbol you want to use as the separator for date components generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• Slash

• Dash

• Period

• Comma

• Colon

• Backslash

Date Order

Use this drop-down list box to select the order of the date components generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• Month/Day/Year

• Day/Month/Year

• Year/Month/Day

Date Example

This field displays a preview of the options you specified in the Date Separator and Date Order fields.

Hours Format

Use this drop-down list box to select the hours format for time components generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• 12-Hour

• 24-Hour

Time Separator

Use this drop-down list box to select the symbol to be used as the separator for time components generated in reports. The options are as follows:

• Slash

• Dash

• Period

• Comma

• Colon

• Backslash

AM Description

Use this field to enter an AM indicator for time components generated in reports. This field can be edited as desired.

PM Description

Use this field to enter a PM indicator for time components generated in reports. This field can be edited as desired.

Time Example

This field displays a preview of the options you specified in the Hours Format, Time Separator, AM Description, and PM Description fields.

• Table Information

  Changes to this screen update the following tables:

  • W_LOCALE

  • S_LANG_AVAIL

• FAQs

  How can I change or delete report locale data in this screen?

  • You can change the data in the Name, Language, Decimal Separator, 1000s Separator, Date Separators, Date Order, Time Separator, AM Description, and PM Description fields in the Report Locales table window at any time.

  • You cannot actually change the data in the Report Locale ID field in the Report Locales table window, since you must  procedurally first delete the row with the unwanted ID and then add a new row with the desired ID.

  • If a report locale ID from this screen is currently in use (that is, it has been used in other setup and data entry screens), it is considered dependent data and you cannot delete that ID from this screen.

  • In order to delete it, you must first assign a different report locale ID in each applicable record throughout Costpoint in which that ID is used.

  • After the report locale ID is no longer in use, you can delete the row from the table window.

  You cannot delete the single pre-loaded report locale ID (en_US) automatically supplied for Costpoint.