{"id":154864,"date":"2018-12-19T05:28:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T05:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=154864"},"modified":"2025-01-23T05:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T05:43:12","slug":"how-to-use-custom-labels-in-salesforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/how-to-use-custom-labels-in-salesforce\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Custom Labels In Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Custom labels are custom text values, which can be called from apex classes, visual force pages or lightning components.<\/p>\n

To\u00a0support multilingual feature in an application, we can use custom labels that offer user’s to change\/translate text values into any language that supported by salesforce.<\/p>\n

It helps\u00a0to provide the best user experience that offers application in the user’s native language.<\/p>\n

Required Editions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Salesforce Developer<\/a>, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions (both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
User Permissions Needed<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Create, edit, or delete custom labels:<\/td>\nCustomize Application<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Create or override a translation:<\/td>\nManage TranslationOR<\/p>\n

View Setup and Configuration and be designated as a translator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nCreate a custom label:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click on\u00a0Setup\u00a0<\/strong>–>\u00a0Build\u00a0<\/strong>–>\u00a0Create\u00a0<\/strong>–>\u00a0Custom Label<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the custom labels, click ‘New Custom Label’ to create a new one.<\/p>\n

\"new<\/p>\n

In ‘New\u00a0Custom Label’, Enter the label description, categories(Text entered in this field can be used in filter criteria when creating Custom Label list views), mark the component as protected and value which is used to represent whenever this custom label is called upon in Apex, Visualforce or Lightning pages.<\/p>\n

\"new
\nCreate Translations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open custom_label & click on ‘new’ under Translations.<\/p>\n

\"new<\/p>\n

Under ‘New Translation’, select your language & fill text that you want to show.<\/p>\n

\"Fill<\/p>\n

Save It.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>Translation workbench should be enabled & Your org\u00a0must have some enabled language.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whenever this selected language is called upon using language code and custom label in Apex, Visualforce or Lightning page it shows the text which we provided in custom label translation text.<\/p>\n

Apex Syntax for Custom Label:<\/strong><\/p>\n

System.Label.Labelname<\/code><\/em><\/p>\n

Visualforce Syntax for Custom Label:<\/strong><\/p>\n

{!$Label.Label_name}<\/code><\/em><\/p>\n

Lightning Syntax for Custom Label:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use the following syntax to access custom labels in Lightning components(.cmp<\/em><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0.app<\/em><\/span>\u00a0resources only).<\/p>\n