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If the organization locale is set to 'English (United States)' and the user record locale is set to 'French (Canada),' which locale is used?

a. Organization locale
b. User record locale
c. Both are used simultaneously
d. Default Salesforce locale

User Drav Sloan
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Final answer:

In systems with localization settings, the user's locale preference (in this case 'French (Canada)') takes precedence over the organization's locale setting ('English (United States)'), affecting language and regional formatting for the user.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the organization locale is set to 'English (United States)' and the user record locale is set to 'French (Canada)', the locale that is used is the user record locale. In most systems that support localization and internationalization, the user's personal preferences take precedence over the default settings of the organization when it comes to language and regional settings.

Therefore, when a user engages with the platform whose user record locale is set to French (Canada), this setting will dictate the language and regional formatting (such as date, time, and number formats) for that specific user, despite the organization having a different locale setting.

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