Translating configuration options for views

You can provide translation configuration options for your views at design time by replacing strings for configuration option labels and hover help with localization keys. Since the predefined configuration options are already set up for localization, localizing your user-defined configuration options results in a more seamless, fully-localized design environment.

Before you begin

Create or upload your localization resource file to provide the localization keys for your configuration options. See Creating localization resources.

About this task

There are two types of localization you can set up for your configuration options: the label text which identifies your configuration option in the view configuration properties, and the hover help text that helps your user understand how to set the configuration option.

Procedure

  1. In the Variables tab for the view, click the plus sign next to Localization Resources and select the localization resource bundle that contains the strings for your interface.
  2. In the Layout tab of the view, select the configuration option that you want to localize.
  3. Click Assign a variable Assign a variable next to the Label field and select the localization key for the configuration option label.
  4. If you are grouping a set of configuration options together under a group heading, you can localize the group name by clicking Assign a variable Assign a variable next to the Group field and selecting the localization key for the configuration option group label.
  5. Click Assign a variable Assign a variable next to the Documentation field and select the localization key for the configuration option hover help text.
  6. Click Finish editing.
  7. Test your localizations by reusing the view in an app or view, changing your language settings, and verifying that the localized strings appear with your configuration property.