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Power Platform Environment Base Language

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How to find the Base Language of an environment?

Cant seem to find on which language the Environment has been set up.
I am Sysadmin and customizer, under Settings->Product->Languages the language i suspect being the Base Language doesnt even show up, how do i confirm which language this Enviroment has been set up?

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    Parvez Ghumra Profile Picture
    1,579 Moderator on at

    @Ang3botsVerfa11 I couldn't find anywhere in the admin center, settings, app UI etc where to check the environment's base language. However, when executing the following query in the XrmToolbox plugin called 'FetchXML Builder', I found my environment base language locale to be 1033 (en-US)

     

    <fetch>
     <entity name="organization">
     <attribute name="languagecode" />
     </entity>
    </fetch>

     

    There should only ever be a single record in this table for each environment.

     

    Additionally, this page in the documentation suggests that  once the base language is set it cannot be changed afterwards. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/enable-languages

    The language is normally set when Dataverse is added to the environment when it is initially created. So I'd suggest checking with the person who created the environment as to which language the selected

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  • Ang3botsVerfa11 Profile Picture
    21 on at

    Hey Parvez,
    thank you for the swift response, as i anticipated there is no in build way to check this, if you are not the creator of the environment.

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    _Giorgio_ Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    You can find the base language of the system checking the "language" setting under the "user profile settings".
    Click the "gear setting" on the up right corner
    Click "Personalization Settings"
    Select "language tab"
    Check the "base language"

    User Settings.pngBase Language.png

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