In the standard system, characteristics and characteristic values in character format (CHAR) are shown on the characteristic value assignment screen with their language-dependent descriptions in the logon language. If a characteristic does not have a description in your logon language, you see the language-independent name of the characteristic.

You can define the following settings for the language:

• You can specify whether characteristics and values are displayed with their language-dependent descriptions or their language-independent names.
• You can specify whether the settings apply to characteristics only, values only, or both characteristics and values.
• You can specify an alternative language for the description, in case there is no description in the language you select.

You can define these settings in the configuration profile and on the characteristic value assignment screen.

1. In the configuration profile, choose Settings, and on the characteristic value assignment screen choose View ® Settings.
2. Choose the Language tab.

• You can only specify an alternative language in the configuration profile. This language is shown on the value assignment screen.

3. If you do not use the default values, you can save user-specific settings.

4. If the user-specific settings are different to the configuration profile settings and the current settings, you can display the settings next to each other by choosing Comparison.