Set up UTF-8 character encoding

Encoding must be specified for international characters to be displayed correctly on UI components.

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For example:

• Inventory Graph
• Delivery Map
• Shipnode in Inventory Console
• Item ID in Inventory Console

On UNIX, the UTF-8 character encoding must be specified on your UNIX application server.

To set up a UTF-8 environment:

1. Modify all process startup scripts (for the application server, time-triggered transactions, and so on) to include the -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 parameter for the Java™ command.
2. Alternatively, when working on a UNIX application server, determine whether or not it has UTF-8 capability by running the following command:

   
      locale -a 
      
   

   • If the command returns any line that indicates UTF-8, proceed to Step 1.

     For example:

     
        POSIX
        common
        en_US.UTF-8
        C
        iso_8859_1
     

   • If the command does not return any lines that indicate UTF-8, proceed to Step 3.
3. From the international language option pack appropriate to your UNIX operating system, install at least one language that has the UTF-8 character set, and then return to Step 2 to test the installation.