userlocale() Function

Function

userlocale( user )

Returns the preferred locale of the given user or the site primary locale if the user doesn't have a preference set.

Parameters

Keyword	Type	Description
user	Text	The user (or the username of the user) for whom the locale should be returned.

Returns

Text

Usage considerations

The locale is returned as a string, such as "es_MX".

Examples

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

userlocale("john.doe") returns en_US

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this function's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Partially compatible	Can be used with Appian Portals if it is connected using an integration and web API.
Offline Mobile	Partially compatible	Can be used with offline mobile if it is loaded at the top of the form.
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

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