How to customize text in the ADSelfService Plus portal

How to customize text in the ADSelfService Plus portal

Objective

This article explains how to customize the text displayed in the ADSelfService Plus web interface using the language customization feature. You can modify UI elements such as tooltips, error messages, button labels, tab names, and text fields. Examples include changing the Dashboard tab name to Home, renaming the Admin tab to Settings, or altering an OK button to Okay. Customizing this text allows administrators to tailor the ADSelfService Plus portal to specific organizational requirements or preferences.
 
This customization capability is available for all languages supported by ADSelfService Plus.

Prerequisite 

  • Have administrative access to the ADSelfService Plus portal.

Steps to follow 

Customizing individual texts

  1. Log in to ADSelfService Plus using administrator credentials.
  2. Navigate to Admin > Customize > Personalize > Language Customization.
  3. From the Select Language drop-down, choose the language you want to customize. A list of all texts used in the ADSelfService Plus web interface will be displayed.
  4. Locate a text item, click Modify, and enter the new text.
  5. Click Save.

Customizing a specific word or phrase

  1. Enter the word or phrase that you want to customize in the Search box.
  2. Click the search icon located to the left of the search box.
    • Select Match case if you want the search results to exactly match the capitalization of your search text.
    • Select Find whole words only if you want to find complete words or phrases, rather than partial matches with other words.
  1. All instances of the search term will be displayed.
  2. Find the specific word or phrase that you want to customize, and click the Modify link present below it.
  3. Enter the new text and click Save.

Using the find and replace option for bulk customization   

To customize all the instances of a word or phrase simultaneously:
  1. Click the Find & Replace button located on the right of the page.
  2. In the Find field, enter the word or phrase you want to customize.
  3. in the Replace field, enter the new text.
  4. Click Advanced and:
    • Select Match case if you want the replacement to preserve the capitalization of the original word.
    • Select Find whole words only if you want to replace only complete words or phrases, not part of other words.
  1. Click Find.
  2. The results will display the current text and a preview of what the updated text will look like.
  3. Select the specific instances you wish to modify. Use the Select All option (the check box at the top of the list) if you wish to replace all the instances.
  4. Click Replace.

Viewing and resetting customized texts

You can review all customized texts, modify them further, or revert them to their default values.
  1. In the top-right corner, under the Language Customization tab, click the number next to Recent Modifications.
  2. A list of all customized words and phrases will be displayed.
  3. Click Modify to modify a specific text further.
  4. Click Reset to revert the word or phrase to its default value.
  5. Click Reset All located in the upper right corner to revert all the customized words and phrases to their default values.
  6. You can also use the search functionality within this view to find a specific customized word or phrase.

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