topic Best practices for using Feature Services in multiple languages in Web AppBuilder in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354285#M9406 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need to localize my apps in two languages: my native language (Estonian), and English. While the localization of widgets and themes can be achieved easily with the use of nls files, I was wondering how to best localize Feature Services. I'd want to display the Feature Services' attribute information in the pop-ups&nbsp;and attribute tables in&nbsp;both&nbsp;languages (that is, in Estonian for&nbsp;apps that have their UI in Estonian, and in English for apps that have their UI in English).</P><P></P><P>I can think of a few ways how to&nbsp;achieve this:</P><UL><LI><STRONG>displaying&nbsp;the translation to English in brackets for text fields</STRONG>: <EM>&lt;text in Estonian&gt; (&lt;text in English&gt;)</EM><BR />This&nbsp;is the easiest solution but not the most elegant and could get messy for longer texts.</LI><LI><STRONG>creating extra fields for the translations to English and hiding unnecessary fields for pop-ups and attribute tables with JavaScript</STRONG><BR />The best solution that I can think of but hiding the fields could get a little tricky.</LI><LI><STRONG>creating extra services with&nbsp;attribute information in English<BR /></STRONG>Again a simple solution but this could take the memory consumption of my services through the roof if the number of services grew.</LI></UL><P></P><P>Are there any other and smarter options available?&nbsp;All opinions are very appreciated!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:42:02 GMT MihkelMänna 2017-01-09T20:42:02Z Best practices for using Feature Services in multiple languages in Web AppBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354285#M9406 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I need to localize my apps in two languages: my native language (Estonian), and English. While the localization of widgets and themes can be achieved easily with the use of nls files, I was wondering how to best localize Feature Services. I'd want to display the Feature Services' attribute information in the pop-ups&nbsp;and attribute tables in&nbsp;both&nbsp;languages (that is, in Estonian for&nbsp;apps that have their UI in Estonian, and in English for apps that have their UI in English).</P><P></P><P>I can think of a few ways how to&nbsp;achieve this:</P><UL><LI><STRONG>displaying&nbsp;the translation to English in brackets for text fields</STRONG>: <EM>&lt;text in Estonian&gt; (&lt;text in English&gt;)</EM><BR />This&nbsp;is the easiest solution but not the most elegant and could get messy for longer texts.</LI><LI><STRONG>creating extra fields for the translations to English and hiding unnecessary fields for pop-ups and attribute tables with JavaScript</STRONG><BR />The best solution that I can think of but hiding the fields could get a little tricky.</LI><LI><STRONG>creating extra services with&nbsp;attribute information in English<BR /></STRONG>Again a simple solution but this could take the memory consumption of my services through the roof if the number of services grew.</LI></UL><P></P><P>Are there any other and smarter options available?&nbsp;All opinions are very appreciated!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:42:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354285#M9406 MihkelMänna 2017-01-09T20:42:02Z Re: Best practices for using Feature Services in multiple languages in Web AppBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354286#M9407 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Mihkel,</P><P></P><P>&nbsp; &nbsp;I have never had to worry about this, but if I were in your situation I believe I would tackle #2 (hiding the fields). Well actually dynamically switching the popuptemplate for the layer based on the locale.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:51:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354286#M9407 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2017-01-09T20:51:20Z Re: Best practices for using Feature Services in multiple languages in Web AppBuilder https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354287#M9408 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for answer, Robert!</P><P></P><P>Switching the popuptemplate is a great idea! I'll certainly give it a try!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:57:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/best-practices-for-using-feature-services-in/m-p/354287#M9408 MihkelMänna 2017-01-09T20:57:27Z