Prism Administration Console Guide
Node Preferences > Language and Locale (Regional Settings)
In Node Preferences > Language and Locale, you can change regional settings. When installing the RP Prism server, users must select a default language and default region for regional settings. The region that is selected during installation determines the defaults for date, time, decimals, etc. In the Language & Locale preference area, you can change the default language and default regional settings if necessary; however, users are advised to exercise caution in making changes to regional settings and to carefully consider the potential impact of the changes on all users of the system. In addition, in this area of preferences you can change the number of decimal places used when displaying numbers, currency, tax, etc.
Regional Settings
Regional settings determine things like the following:
- Date and time formats
- Number of decimals for price, cost and tax
- Whether to use a comma or a period to separate groups of numbers
- The currency symbol to use and its position
Editing Regional Settings
You can only edit the following:
- Default Language
- Preset Regional Settings
- No of Decimals (tax, price, cost, number, currency)
Regional Settings Fields
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Default Language | Select the desired language for the user interface. |
| Preset Regional Settings | Select the Regional Settings to use for this installation. Based on your selection, the default settings for other Regional preferences are automatically updated. |
| Date Format | (read-only) The format to use when displaying dates. An example of the selected format is displayed below the text box. |
| Time Formats | (read-only) How time values will be displayed: Short Time, Medium Time, or 24-hour. |
| Time Format | (read-only) The format to use for displaying time values. An example of the selected format displays the current time. |
| Date and Time Format | (read-only) This area shows how Date and Time will be displayed together in the selected format. |
| Decimal Character | (read-only) The character that will be used as the decimal character. Point (default), Comma or Arabic Decimal |
| Group Separator | (read-only) The group separator is used to separate groups of numbers. This setting does not apply to currency values, which are controlled by the Currency Grouping setting. |
| Currency Grouping | (read-only) How currency values should be grouped. Default = 1,234,567.89 |
| Number Grouping | Default = 1,234,567.89 |
| Show Currency Symbol | (read-only) The currency symbol will be displayed with currency amounts. If not selected, the symbol will not be displayed. Default = Selected |
| Symbol Position | (read-only) The position of the currency symbol: Left, Left w/Space, Right, Right w/Space |
| # of Decimals | This setting determines the number of decimals that will be displayed for: Tax, Price, Cost, Number, Currency. Remember, the selections you make here only affect the display of decimal numbers, NOT the storage of decimal numbers in the database. Trailing zeroes are rounded. |
Language and Locale Preferences
Decimal Settings
You can define the number of decimals to display for each of the following values. For example, you may want to display a greater number of tax decimals than Price and Cost decimals. Maximum: 4.
| Decimal Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Tax | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying item tax amounts. (total tax amounts follow the "Price" setting) |
| Price | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying item prices and values expressed as amounts. This includes Fee Amount, Shipping Amount, and SPIF. In addition, total tax amounts follow this setting. |
| Cost | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying cost amounts |
| Number | The number of decimals when displaying quantity and non-monetary values. This includes discount % and margin %. Item quantity will use the lower of this value and the value in Inventory > Item Details > Quantity Decimals. |
| Currency | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying currency amounts on the Tender screen and on X-Out/Z-Out reports. |