How to Register a New Localizer¶

The Akeneo PIM comes with several native localizers, but provides also a flexible way to define your own localizers.

To add your own localizer, you need to create a class implementing Akeneo\Tool\Component\Localization\Localizer\LocalizerInterface and declare it as a service:

pim_catalog.localization.localizer.my_own_localizer:
    class: '%my_localizer_class%'
    arguments:
        - ['pim_catalog_number']
    tags:
        - { name: pim_catalog.localization.localizer }

The only argument of the service is the list of attribute types supported by your localizer.

How to Convert Attributes in my Own Import/Export¶

To convert your localized attribute in your own import, see import.

How to Add a Decimal Separator in Import/Export¶

By default, only comma and dot are allowed as the decimal separator in import/export. If you want to add your own separator, you have to configure it in your app/config/config.yml file.

# /app/config/config.yml
pim_catalog:
    localization:
        decimal_separators:
            - { value: '.', label: 'dot (.)' }
            - { value: ',', label: 'comma (,)' }
            - { value: '⎖', label: 'apostrophe (⎖)' }

How to Add a Date Format in Import/Export¶

Some basic formats have been added in the configuration. If you want to add your own format, you have to configure it in your app/config/config.yml file.

# /app/config/config.yml
pim_catalog:
    localization:
        date_formats:
            - { value: 'yyyy-MM-dd', label: 'yyyy-mm-dd' }
            - { value: 'yyyy/MM/dd', label: 'yyyy/mm/dd' }
            - { value: 'MM/dd/yyyy', label: 'mm/dd/yyyy' }
            - { value: 'dd/MM/yyyy', label: 'dd/mm/yyyy' }
            - { value: 'dd.MM.yyyy', label: 'dd.mm.yyyy' }

The key “value” has to contain characters defined in https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/format_parse/datetime/ .