Languages and locales

You can also choose a specific locale of the supported languages, which determines the format of dates, times and numbers. Collibra offers the following locales:

• German (Austria)
• English (Australia)
• English (Canada)
• English (United Kingdom)
• English (Ireland)
• English (India)
• English (New Zealand)
• English (South Africa)
• French (Canada)
• French (Switzerland)

Related settings

Allow User Overrides

If Allow User Overrides is disabled, all users have the same language and locale, and they cannot change it themselves. If you enable this setting, each user can change their language in the profile settings.

International Date Format

If International Date Format is disabled, dates are shown in the format of the selected language and locale. If you enable this setting, all dates are shown in the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format, regardless of the language and locale.

Customizations

In the Customizations section of the Collibra settings, you can edit the strings that are used in email templates and workflow forms. You can do this for each of the main languages. The format of any dates, times and numbers in custom strings is not affected by the selected locale. For more information, go to Custom strings.

You can change the language for the interface text on your profile page. You can also download French, German, and Spanish translations from the Collibra Product Resource Center.

Tip As an administrator, you can edit and translate the interface text. For more information, go to Edit or translate interface text.

Structure of a string

A string must be structured in the following format: key = value. The following table describes the elements used in a string.

Element	Description
Key	A unique identifier that Collibra uses to retrieve the correct string. Example userNotFoundEmail = The user with email address ''{0}'' was not found.
Equal sign (=)	An equal sign placed between spaces. Example userNotFoundEmail = The user with email address ''{0}'' was not found.
Value	The actual content of the string. Example userNotFoundEmail = The user with email address ''{0}'' was not found.
Variables (optional)	A string may contain variables as placeholders for specific information. These placeholders are filled with actual data when shown to users. A variable is represented by a number enclosed within curly brackets. Example userNotFoundEmail = The user with email address ''{0}'' was not found.
Markup (optional)	A string may contain HTML tags for formatting or creating a hyperlink. Example core.header.expired = Your password has expired.<br>Please change your password <a href="{0}" >here</a>.