Setting the Process Portal default locale

The locale that Process Portal applies when the user has set no preference is the locale of the Java virtual machine (JVM). By changing the JVM locale, you change the default Process Portal locale.

Before you begin

The locale that you want for Process Portal must be listed in the available.locales mashups custom property.

About this task

The Heritage Process Portal set-user-locale-preference-on-login property is not available for Process Portal.

Note: Heritage Process Portal is deprecated.
You can read more information about localization and custom properties.
About the available.locales property
See available.locales.
About localization resources
See Creating localization resources.
About Process Portal custom properties
See Configuring mashups custom properties for Process Portal.

Procedure

To change the default locale for the JVM on a WebSphere® Application Server server, follow the instructions on this page: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/168155/changing-the-locale-and-language-of-jvm-processes.html.
  • If the locale is listed, you have nothing more to do.
  • If the language is listed but not the country variant, the country variant might still be partially supported (date formats should be). Add the ll-cc code (lowercase and dash separator) to the list in available.locales.
    Note: Language support also extends to specific countries. For example, different locale options are provided for English (en_US, en_CA), French (fr and fr_CA), and Portuguese (pt and pt_BR). If you add a locale for a language variant, such as British or Australian English, or Colombian Spanish, you must update the available.locales mashup configuration property from the WebSphere Application Server administration console. Make sure that you write the values for this property in lowercase, separate the value elements with a dash (-), and separate the values with commas, as follows: en-gb, en-au, es-co
  • If the language is not listed, it is not supported.