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Setting Preferred Language and Time Zone

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Written by Iman Zulhisham
Updated over a week ago

FieldEx allows you to personalise your experience by selecting a preferred interface language and default time zone. This ensures accurate scheduling, proper date displays, and familiar terminology especially for distributed or multilingual teams.

This article explains:

  • How to change your display language

  • Where to update the default system time zone

  • How language customisation behaves across translations

Set Your Preferred Language


Path: Top Navigation Bar > Language Dropdown

Each user can select a preferred interface language for their account. This affects all menu items, module labels, system buttons, and help tooltips.

Step 1: Open the Language Selector

  • Click the Language dropdown in the top-right corner of the FieldEx interface

  • Select one of the supported languages:

    • English (Default)

    • Bahasa Melayu

    • Mandarin

    • German

    • Spanish

Important Language Behavior

  • If you customise a label in English (e.g., rename “Asset” to “Equipment”), that change won’t apply in another language view

  • Switching to another language (e.g., Malay) reverts custom labels to that language’s default system terms then converts it to Malay

Tip: For consistent onboarding across teams, agree on a system-wide language or translate your custom labels into each supported language.

Set Your Time Zone


Path: Setup > General > Organization Information > Edit

Administrators can define a default time zone for the entire FieldEx workspace. This setting ensures accurate date/times for job scheduling, task timelines, and mobile syncing.

Step 1: Update the Default Time Zone

  1. Navigate to Setup > General > Organization Information

  2. Click Edit

  3. Locate the Default Time Zone dropdown

  4. Select the correct region (e.g., GMT+08:00 – Kuala Lumpur, or GMT+10:00 – Brisbane)

  5. Click Save to apply the changes

This will update the system time zone used across dashboards, schedules, and reports for all users, unless overridden by user-specific settings (if enabled).

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