Notification Bot (Jul 24 2026 at 18:15): Notification Bot (Jul 24 2026 at 18:15):A message was moved here from #troubleshooting > Problem with previewers by Philip Durbin 🚀.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:15):Yeah, this is an annoying problem.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:16):@Bethany Seeger are you familiar with the idea of customizing the text in Dataverse? This: #docs > changing text in the UI?
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:43):Also, I'd say this is a bug. We should figure this out. So please feel free to simply create an issue.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:44):Also, these docs are related: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/6.11/api/external-tools.html#internationalization-of-your-external-tool
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:45):Basically, if you invent a tool today, Dataverse definitely won't know about it.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 18:47):That said, Dataverse knows about some of the older tools:
#externaltools
externaltools.dct.displayname=Data Curation Tool
externaltools.dct.description=Data Curation Tool for curation of variables
externaltools.explorer.displayname=Data Explorer
externaltools.explorer.description=The Data Explorer provides a GUI which lists the variables in a tabular data file allowing searching, charting and cross tabulation analysis.
Hi Philip,
Yes, we have tweaked the bundle file and load it in via the -Ddataverse.lang.directory=/home/dataverse/langBundles java opts. It works well. I know we can add in information for these as well, but I can't even see in the code where it tries to load this key, so I'm not sure how that will help. (But I may have just not found the right code yet)
I agree with you - it does seem like a bug. I'll create a ticket.
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 20:43):Oh good, you're already set up for it. Yes, please try to add it and see if it works! :smile:
Bethany Seeger (Jul 24 2026 at 20:51):https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/12560
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 20:56):Looks great, thanks!
Philip Durbin 🚀 (Jul 24 2026 at 20:56):This must be an old problem. I don't think we've changed that code for years.
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