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Supported languages and locales

This topic describes limitations and exceptions for languages supported by BMC Helix ITSM: Smart IT. For a complete list of supported languages, see BMC Helix ITSM compatibility matrix. Language and locales are set by your browser locale or your preferred language chosen in the AR System User Preference form. To view Smart IT in a locale based only on your profile preference without depending on your browser, see Centralized configuration.

(UC only) When you change the browser locale, options such as Status, Priority, Urgency, and so on for any ticket type are localized in the locale you have set, but the values available under these options are not localized. The issue occurs because the metadata that drives these values is not refreshed. To view localized values, you must log out of Smart IT, refresh the browser, and then login to Smart IT. As an alternative method, you can navigate to Screen Configuration and click Refresh Server Cache to get the localized metadata from Smart IT. 

Important

  • Administration screens and Documentation (online) are available only in English.
  • BMC Service Request Management does not support Russian localization.
  • For Russian locale, notifications in Smart IT are not supported.

Related topic

Known-and-corrected-issues

Setting centralized preferences with the AR System User Preference form

Setting user preferences and CCS parameters for Progressive Web Applications


Customizable language functionality based on user preference

As a service desk agent, you can access the Smart IT user interface (UI) in your preferred language by updating your browser locale. However, you can view the UI in your preferred language without updating your browser locale settings. To enable this feature, your administrator must set the CCS parameter useARUserPreferenceForLocalization to true. When the feature is enabled, the UI is displayed in your preferred language that you have opted on the AR System User Preference form. This feature eliminates the need to update the locale setting in your browser every time you access the UI. By default, this parameter value is set to false.

If you have not opted for any preferred language on the form, the UI appears according to your browser locale setting.

For more information on the useARUserPreferenceForLocalization CCS parameter, see Centralized configuration.

Important

The feature localizes only the screen name and its associated field names based on your language preference. The values in the fields are not translated. Documentation is available only in English.

To configure the language as per the AR System User Preference in Smart IT, perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the AR System Administration Console. 
  2. Click System > General > Centralized Configuration.

  3. In the AR System Configuration Generic UI form, set the following parameters:

    Component Name

    Parameter

     Value

    Reference topic

    com.bmc.arsys.smartit > *

    useARUserPreferenceForLocalization

    true

    com.bmc.arsys.midtier > DockerMTClusterUser

    useARUserPreferenceForLocalization

    true

  4. Click Apply.

Administrators and Service desk agents can change the language from the AR System User Preference form. For more information, see Locale preferences.


Hebrew language limitations

The following limitations occur in the universal client

  • Create change request Dates tab—In the collision calendar, dates are displayed left-to-right. Calendar widgets for scheduled and actual dates display correctly.
  • Dashboard—When you mouse over the Backlog charts, the dates display in dd mmmm yyyy format.
  • Consoles—Columns resize from right-to-left in the Ticket, Knowledge, and Asset consoles. However, the resize widget is on the right side of the column header, which is more intuitive for left-to-right resizing. To increase the width of columns on the Ticket console, you must drag the first column bar to right instead of left.
  • Browser—When using Smart IT on IE or Edge browser, if you change the browser locale to Hebrew that supports Right-to-Left (RTL) orientation, you will notice that on the Ticket, Asset, and Knowledge console when you add multiple columns which exceed the viewport width, the last few columns are not displayed when you scroll to left of the console or when you resize the column width. This happens due to the third party compatibility issue of the console grid of the IE and Edge browser with languages that support RTL. It is recommended that you use Smart IT on other browsers such as Chrome or Firefox.

 

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