Create contextual messages

To create contextual messages:

1. Navigate to  Settings .
2. Click  Contextual 
   
   Messages  under  Personalization . 
   

   

3. The  Contextual Message  window will appear. Click the  Customize  button.
   

   

4. The contextual messages pane will appear.
   

   

5. Select the form.
   
6. Select the report for which the messages need customization.
7. Click the  Download  button to download the Default Messages file.
   
   
   
   1. A file named  DefaultMessages.xlsx  will be downloaded. This .xlsx file contains the default messages used in Zoho Creator. 
   2. Enter the customized messages in the  Custom Value  column. 
   3. You can also enter the contextual messages in languages other than English. To do so, create a new column with the either the Language name or the Language code as its title. Then enter the required custom values. A list of languages supported by Creator for Contextual messages and their respective language codes can be found here.
      
   4. After entering all the required custom values, save the  DefaultMessages.xlsx  file.
      
      Note:
      

      Please note that keys present in the  DefaultMessages.xlsx  should also be present in the file to be uploaded. It is not mandatory to enter custom values for all keys and you can choose to have custom values for certain keys while leaving others blank.

8. Upload the updated file.
   
9. Click  Create  button. 
10. The customization will be added to the Contextual Messages page.

Edit contextual messages

To edit contextual messages:

1. Navigate to  Settings .
2. Click  Contextual
   
   Messages  under  Personalisation .
   

   

3. The  Contextual Message  window will appear.
   

   

4. Hover on the listed contextual message. The Customize option will appear.
   

   

5. The Customize messages pane will be displayed.
   

   

6. Change the report if necessary.
7. Download the existing messages file.
8. Make the required changes and save the file.
9. Upload file again.
   

   

10. Click the  Update  button. The changes will be reflected.

Delete contextual messages

To delete customization:

1. Navigate to  Settings .
2. Click  ContextualMessages  under  Personalisation.
   

   

3. The  Contextual Message  window will appear.
   

   

4. Hover on the listed contextual message. The  Delete  option will appear.
   

   

5. Click  Delete  in the popup.
   

   

6. The customization will be removed from the listing and the report messages will be reverted to default system messages.

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