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Last Updated: 2025-07-11
Steps: Set Up Non-English Custom Labels for Absence

Steps: Set Up Non-English Custom Labels for Absence

Security:
Custom Label Management for Non-English
 domain in the System functional area.
You can configure overrides for terms in a non-English language. Example: In Workday, your organization uses the English term absence instead of time off. For German, you want to replace the German term
Urlaub
 with a custom label override of
Abwesenheit
. After you configure overrides, when users sign into Workday with German as their preferred locale and display language settings, Workday displays the term
Abwesenheit
 instead of
Urlaub
 on the Workday Home page (within the
Important Dates
 and
Quick Links
 sections) and on other time off-related employee self-service reports and tasks.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Non-English Custom Labels
     task.
  2. Configure these values:
    Option Description
    User Language
    Example: Select
    German (Germany)
    .
    Custom Label Context
    Select
    Absence Management
    .
  3. Review the custom labels. In the
    Override Value
     column, enter the corresponding override value for each
    Default Value
     that you want to replace. Example: For each instance of the German term
    Urlaub
    , enter an equivalent
    Abwesenheit
     term.
  4. Clear the corresponding
    Disabled
     check box to activate your non-English custom labels in Workday. Custom labels are disabled by default.
  5. Click
    OK
    . Workday starts a background process that prepares the custom labels for the
    Maintain Non-English Custom Label Overrides
     task and the
    Get Non-English Custom Label Overrides
     web service.
    You can let the process complete or click
    Notify Me Later
    . When you click
    Notify Me Later
    , the process must finish running before you can use the
    Maintain Non-English Custom Label Override
     task.
    The
    Put Non-English Custom Labels
     web service also triggers the background process.
  6. Click
    Configure Custom Label Overrides
    .
  7. On the
    Maintain Non-English Custom Label Overrides
     task, configure these values:
    Option Description
    User Language
    Example: Select
    German (Germany)
    .
    Custom Label
    Select the custom label that you want to override. Example: Select
    Urlaub
    .
    Functional Area
    Example: Select
    Time Off and Leave
    .
  8. Review the proposed values and select either
    Keep Original
     or
    Use Proposed Value
    . If you want to use all the proposed values, select
    Use All Proposed Values
    .
  9. Click
    OK
     and
    Done
    .
  10. (Optional) Access the
    Rebuild Search Index
     task.
    Rebuild the search index. Workday recommends that you don't rebuild search indexes manually but wait for the Friday server restart, when indexes rebuild automatically.