SA-1962

Summary

Developer is using a Text Type Property to hold the decimal data. When German users access the PRPC application, value displays incorrectly. For example, in English decimal value is 15.59 but in German it is displayed as 1559.0. Same way the percentage is displayed as 2.9% in English but in German it is displayed as 2900%. In Japaneses and Chinese, the value displays as expected. 

Error Messages

Wrong value is displayed on the screen.

Steps to Reproduce

Run PRPC application German Locale, decimal type data shows incorrectly.

Root Cause

Developer is using the function "toDecimal" present in Pega Out of the Box (OOTB) Library "Pega-RULES:String". He applies this function on the text type property that is holding the decimal type data.

PRPC Developer should understand that, when you access your application in german locale, decimal type value e.g 23.45 in English will display as 23,45 (notice comma in place of dot).

When you use Java String API on these values, in German the out put will change. This is a Java limitation and not a PRPC limitation.

Resolution

This issue is resolved through the following local change:

To hold decimal type data, in PRPC, developer should define the Property type as Decimal and not Text.