Language and Locale (Regional Settings)
Retail Pro is used by retailers in more than 80 countries. RP Prism is designed to be translated and used in any language. Every label, description and message in the RP Prism interface can be fully translated into any language or modified to the retailer's specific needs.
Currently, English, Spanish and French are available for use with RP Prism. Users can set a default language in Workstation Preferences. When using a translation, all the field labels, buttons and messages are displayed in the selected language.
Set a default language:
- Select Preferences & Settings > Language and Locale.
- Select a Default Language from the drop-down.
- Tap or click Save.
Regional Settings
RP Prism is designed for use on a global basis; however, different regions of the world have different requirements and accepted practices for things such as:
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
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. These default settings can be edited, as needed, in the Regional Settings area of RP Prism preferences. 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.
Choosing Default Language, Region during Installation
When installing RP Prism, users can select a default language and region for the installation. The selections you make at installation determine the default settings for language, date/time format, number of decimals, etc.
Editing Regional Settings
Changing regional settings does not have any effect on the data stored in the data base. However, changing regional settings affects how the user will see information, including sales and tax values. Any changes to regional settings should be done with care and consideration of how the changes will impact users. For example, users in North American will likely be extremely confused if regional settings were set to use a period instead of a comma as the group separator.
Select Preferences & Settings and then select the Language & Locale node.
Touch or click the "Use Custom" check box.
Make any needed changes to the available settings. Save the changes.
Available Regional Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Use Customer | Select this check box to enable editing of the other regional settings. |
| Default Language | Currently, only English and Spanish (Espanol) are available for selection. |
| 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 Formats | Select the format to use when displaying dates. An example of the selected format is displayed below the text box. |
| Time Formats | Select how time values should be displayed: Short Time, Medium Time, or 24-hour. |
| Show Offset | If selected, the number of hours that this region is offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is displayed when displaying time values. |
| Time Format | Select the format to use for displaying time values. An example of the selected format displays the current time. |
| Date and Time Format | This area shows how Date and Time will be displayed together in the selected format. |
|
AM PM |
You can edit the AM and PM to, for example, use lowercase letters. |
| Decimal Character | Select the character that will be used as the decimal character. Point (default), Comma or Arabic Decimal |
| Group Separator | 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 | Select how currency values should be grouped. Default = 1,234,567.89 |
| Number Grouping | Default = 1,234,567.89 |
| Show Currency Symbol | If selected, the currency symbol will be displayed with currency amounts. If not selected, the symbol will not be displayed. Default = Selected |
| Symbol Position | 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.
| Decimal Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Tax | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying tax amounts. |
| Price | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying tax amounts. |
| Cost | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying cost amounts |
| Number | The limit to the number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying decimal quantities for applicable items (it will not increase the decimal value, only limit it to this amount). |
| Currency | The number of digits that will be displayed to the right of the decimal point when displaying currency amounts. |