Globalization

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Globalize in Commerce Connect

When describing the language concept in Optimizely, the following language setting types are mentioned:

System language – Controls date and time formatting, sort order, and so on.

User interface language – Controls the localized (translated) resources to display. Determines the user interface language.

Content language – The preferred language when displaying content. Content can be a page, a block, or a product catalog item.

Conceptually, globalization in Optimizely Commerce Connect works the same way as in Optimizely Content Management System (CMS). To learn about language management, see Language and globalization conceptsLanguage and globalization concepts.

Localize

The Commerce Connect user interface is available in many languages by default. Localize it further with additional languages.

Commerce Connect user interface

Localize the Commerce Connect pluggable add-on user interface using the Optimizely localization services in the same way as CMS. See also Localization serviceLocalization service.

Order data

By default, the localization of order data is enabled. If you do not use order data localization, you can disable it. Disabled order data localization saves storage and improves performance by reducing read and write operations.

To disable order data localization, set the OrderOptions DisableOrderDataLocalization to true in appsettings.json or inside the ConfigureServices method of Startup.cs:

//appsettings.json
    {
    "Commerce":{
        "OrderOptions":{
            "DisableOrderDataLocalization": true
            }
        }
    }

    //Startup.cs
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        services.Configure<OrderOptions>(o =>
        {
            o.DisableOrderDataLocalization = true;
        });
    }