Selecting language and regional formats in PolicyCenter

In Guidewire PolicyCenter, each user can set the following:

  • The language that PolicyCenter uses to display labels and drop-down menu choices.
  • The regional formats that PolicyCenter uses to enter and display dates, times, numbers, monetary amounts, and names.

You set your personal preferences for display language and for regional formats by using the Options menu at the top, right-hand side of the PolicyCenter screen. On that menu, click International, and then select one of the following:

  • Language
  • Regional Formats

To take advantage of international settings in the application, you must configure PolicyCenter with more than one region or language.

  • PolicyCenter hides the Language submenu if only one language is enabled.
  • PolicyCenter hides the Regional Formats submenu if only one region is configured.
  • PolicyCenter hides the International menu option entirely if a single language is enabled and PolicyCenter is configured for a single region.

PolicyCenter indicates the current selections for Language and Regional Formats by putting a check mark to the left of each selected option.

Options for setting the display language

In the base configuration, Guidewire configures PolicyCenter to use a single display language, which is United States English. To view another language, you must enable at least one additional language and configure PolicyCenter for that language.

If your installation has more than one configured language, you can select among the available choices using the PolicyCenter Language submenu. The LanguageType typelist defines the set of language choices that the menu displays.

If you do not select a display language from the Language submenu and your user administrator has not set your language, PolicyCenter uses the language specified by your web browser. Configuration parameter DefaultApplicationLanguage specifies the primary language for PolicyCenter screens, but it does not specify the default browser language. In the base configuration, Guidewire sets the primary language to U.S. English.

Options for setting regional formats

If your installation contains more than one configured region, you can select a regional format for that locale from the Regional Formats submenu. At the time you configure a region, you define regional formats for it.

Regional formats specify the visual layout of the following kinds of data:

  • Date
  • Time
  • Number
  • Monetary amounts
  • Names of people and companies

The LocaleType typelist defines the names of regional formats that users can select on the Regional Formats menu. The base configuration defines the following locale types:

  • Australia (English)
  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (French)
  • France (French)
  • Germany (German)
  • Great Britain (English)
  • Japan (Japanese)
  • United States (English)

The default regional format for a user is set in the profile of that user on the Administration tab.

Unless you select a regional format from the Regional Formats menu, PolicyCenter uses the regional formats of the default region. The configuration parameter DefaultApplicationLocale specifies the default region. In the base configuration, the default region is en_US, United States (English). If you select your preference for region from the Regional Formats menu, you can later use the default region again only by selecting it from the Regional Formats menu.