Numbers after decimal point displayed differently- MDM iView

July 20, 2009 at 6:43 pm

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Symptom
Formatting of MDM Real, Measurement or Currency field types with 1 or more digits after the decimal point appear to be different when comparing these fields in Item Details Edit mode to Item Details View mode.
Other terms
MDM, Portal, iViews, Item Details, MDM 5.5, Real, Measurement, Currency
Reason and Prerequisites
You have created a MDM Standard Item Details iView and that includes either a Real, Measurement or Currency field. Field formatting in view mode is done according to the MDM Console settings (e.g. Decimal places, Dimension etc.) using the MDM Java API, while for edit mode, formatting is handled by generic portal formatting infrastructure.
Solution
Since the underlining MDM repository data is not affected by the formatting discrepancies, there is no risk of unintentional data modification. [...]

Dates and numbers formatting – MDM standard iViews

July 20, 2009 at 6:42 pm

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Symptom
Date and numbers format do not match the user regional setting
Other terms
Date, Currency, Real, MDM, Portal, iView
Reason and Prerequisites
MDM Standard Portal iViews formatting of dates and numbers are determined at runtime according to the portal users language property. (If this property is empty, the setting will be set according to the Browser Language Preferences settings).
Note that adjustments to this property also impact the MDM data and MDM metadata language.
Solution
To modify this property in the portal, go to Personalize -> User Profile. In the General Information tab, select the Language property value according to which all formatting will be applied (e.g. If you set the language property to ‘English[US]‘ then the date format will be displayed as 5/27/2008, while if set to ‘German[DE]‘ [...]