glide.system.locale Sets the system locale using a language and country code, such as en.US. The locale determines the default currency used for price conversion, so changing it after currency values exist can lead to incorrect conversions and totals.
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? | This property defines the locale format for language and country, impacting currency conversion and localization throughout the platform. |
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| What area does it affect? | Localization and Currency Settings |
| What does the default mean? | No default value is documented in this property record. |
| When should you review it? | Review this property when setting up a new instance or changing user locale requirements. |
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name | glide.system.locale |
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| Sys ID | 976c364ec0a8000500555538944bbbf6 |
| Type | string |
| Application | Global |
| Default value | Not set |
| Description | Locale code to use for localization. Format is [language code].[country code] (e.g. en.GB for Britain fr.FR for France, de.DE for Germany, or ja.JP for Japan).<br/> <br/> NOTE: Do not change this value once a system has gone into production. If a user's locale must be changed, update the "Country code" field on the user record.<br/> <br/> The value of this property determines the system's default currency into which all prices are automatically converted before other sums or conversions are performed.<br/> Changing this property after any price or currency fields have been given a value (for Service Catalog items, Assets, Project Tasks, etc.) may result in improper conversion or prices that sum incorrectly. |
| Updated | 2024-08-02 00:30:01 |
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