Customize labels, description, and other screen text
We can change the majority of the text displayed in the self-service user interface with customization.
Not every label can be customized by the user. Only the labels that have an entry present in the SelfServiceScreenTextKeys.properties file can be customized. The following screen text items can be customized:
- Titles
- Subsection titles
- Subsection descriptions
- Field labels
- Table column headers and footers
- Button text
The following figure shows the visual representation of these screen text items.
Text that cannot be replaced includes error messages and text in the help content that you access by clicking on the help link. However, it is possible to redirect help requests to a different URL.
- From the top level of the Appliance Dashboard, click Configure > Advanced Configuration > Custom File Management.
- For any language specific changes, download the corresponding property files from directories/nls or download the default SelfServiceScreenText.properties file from directories/data directory.
- Update the fields in the downloaded properties file and upload the file.
Any changes that you make to the SelfServiceScreenText.properties file must also be made to the SelfServiceScreenText_en.properties file to maintain consistency.
- Restart ISIM application to make the changes effective.
In a managed-cluster environment, we must wait until after the configuration is synchronized to the application servers in the cluster. See Synchronizing a member node with a primary node.
Parent topic: Self-service user interface customization