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    Customizing Labels

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    This information is not applicable to Primo VE environments. For more details on Primo VE configuration, see Primo VE.
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    This page is specific to the classic UI. For customization information that is specific to the new Primo UI, see New UI Customization - Best Practices.

    Some text labels that appear on various pages of the Front End can be updated by using the following methods:
    • The Views wizard in the Back Office.
    • The code tables in the Back Office.
    If a label cannot be updated via the Back Office, on-premises customers can modify it in the Primo I18N resource file.
    If a label can be modified via the Back Office and you use a Primo I18N resource file to modify it, the system will overwrite its value with the value defined in the code table.
    To customize the labels using the Views wizard:
    1. Access the Views wizard in the Back Office.
    2. Use the instructions provided in the Primo Back Office Guide to edit the view and its labels and to deploy the view.
    You can also use the Views Labels code table to update the labels defined in the Views wizard.
    To customize the labels using code tables:
    1. On the Primo Home > Advanced Configuration page, click All Code Tables in the Back Office.
    2. To modify a label, enter the label in the Description field and search for the label in the Front End and Delivery subsystems.
    3. Save your changes to the table and deploy the code tables.
    To customize the labels in the Primo I18N resource files (on-premises installations only):
    1. Enter the following command to access the resource files on the server, where <v> is the Primo version and <y> is the Primo copy:
      cd /exlibris/primo/p<v>_<y>/ng/primo/home/system/search/conf/i18n
    2. Enter the following command to edit the file that contains the text label that you want to modify:
      vi <resource file>
    3. Save your changes to the file.