Changing your language and region settings
Business Central is available in many markets and languages, and Business Central offers features to help companies comply with local regulatory requirements. You can use Business Central in different languages, and can change the language for display texts. If you change your language setting, sign out and sign in again to apply the change. The new setting applies only to you, and not to everyone else in your company.
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For example, you're using the Canadian version of Business Central. You can use Business Central in English, German, French, or another language, but it's still the Canadian version of Business Central. It isn't the same as Business Central in Germany, where features are adapted for German requirements.
To change the language of the user interface, go to the My Settings page. To learn more, go to Change Basic Settings.
Note
The choice of languages resets to your setting on your Microsoft 365 profile if your administrator synchronizes users from Microsoft 365 to Business Central.
You can't change the texts that are stored as application data. Examples of such texts are the names of items in inventory, or the comments for a customer. In other words, these types of text aren't translated.
Note
Business Central only supports a single character set for data. Some characters might not be supported in your environment. You might experience problems when you try to view data that was entered using a different character set. For instance, your environment might support only English and Russian characters. In this case, if you enter data in a different language, Business Central might not store it correctly. Contact your system administrator to make sure you understand which languages are supported by your Business Central.
Changing your region setting
Region is different from both language and legal requirements in local markets. Region determines how your data presents itself, such as the decimal separator, and how text aligns to the left or right. The region also determines some of the system elements in the browser, such as the action to create a new item in a list.
You can change the region in the browser tab that you're using to work in Business Central. The change applies only to you and not to the other users in your company. The choice of region is reset to your setting on your Microsoft 365 profile if your administrator synchronizes users from Microsoft 365 into Business Central.
Important
When you change the region, you'll see a long list of languages and regions. However, the language isn't influenced by the choice of region.
To change the region, go to the My Settings page. To learn more, go to Change Basic Settings.
Changing the region setting for customers, contacts, and vendors
Some businesses use an external service that validates address information in their country or region. However, when you need to update address information, the structured approach that these services use might not always be what's right for some scenarios. Business Central offers a more flexible means of entering address details.
On the General Ledger Setup page, if you turn on the Require Country/Region Code in Address toggle, changes to the Country/Region Code field on addresses for customers, contacts, or vendors resets the values in other address fields.
Custom address formats for countries/regions
The countries and regions in which you do business might have different formats for addresses. Business Central lets you customize the format in which postal addresses show for each region. To define a custom format, on the Countries/Regions page, choose the Custom Address Format action. You can adjust the order of the address information by using the Move Up and Move Down actions. To change the field on a line, in the Field ID field, choose
, and then choose the field.
In some cases, you might need to add multiple fields on a line. By default, Business Central lets you combine the city, postal code, and country. To add multiple fields on a line, enter 0 in the Field ID field, and then choose the value in the Line Format field to open the Custom Address Format Lines page. Add a new line for each piece of information.
Application version
In the Help and Support page, you can see the version of Business Central that your company is based on. If you want to base a company on a different version, your administrator can create a new production environment. For more information, see Create a new production environment in the developer- and IT Pro content.
Languages of the Business Central Help
The Help content for the default version of Business Central publishes to Microsoft Learn. The content is available in different languages. If you access the documentation while you're using Business Central, the content displays in your language. By default, if a particular page isn't available in your language yet, it shows in English.
How do I change the language of the Microsoft Learn site?
Scroll to the bottom of the browser page and choose the globe symbol in the bottom left corner.
Note
The list shows all languages that are supported by the Microsoft Learn site. Business Central is available in a limited number of countries/regions, and the Business Central Help content is not available in all languages that the Microsoft Learn site supports.
Related information
Resources for Help and Support
Change Basic Settings
Getting Ready for Doing Business