User Culture

Overview

To assist with localization in Decisions, users are provided the option to establish a User Culture via their Account Settings. User Cultures are used to provide users an automatic DateTime translation to reflect their own local values, as opposed to the System's default values. Furthermore, changing the user culture may change the presentation of data in Reports, Pages, and Forms. For example, changing to the en-GB (UK Culture) displays the negative sign for numbers formatted as currency. 

The following document details how to establish a User Culture for a User Account in a Decisions environment.

Default Culture 

If desired, Admins may adjust the Default Culture Settings via the Globalization category under System > Settings > Portal Settings. This Setting will adjust the default User Culture for all Accounts within a Decisions environment.

Example 

To establish the User Culture setting for a User Account: 

1. From the Decisions Studio, navigate to System > Security > Accounts. 
2. Right-click the desired Account and select Edit Account. 
3. From the Account Edit Entity window, under PERSON INFORMATION, select the desire User Culture from the dropdown. Then click SAVE.
4. Verify that the User Culture was properly set by observing any changes in the DateTime values on a Report.
   Note on User Culture 

   Note that the User Culture should only change for the Account it was established on. If the Culture was set for a different Account, log in to that Account to verify the changes.