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title: "Setting Language and Timezones for Web Applications"
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# What is a Tenant?

A tenant is an object that is used to store the settings for parties.

Settings that are currently stored include:

- Language
- Timezone

By default, all of your customers will belong to the same tenant. However, if you have customers in different time zones, or in different language groups, you can create additional tenants to organise your customers.

> ℹ️ **Note**
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> ℹ️ Rubicon web applications including [https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC) use a **Tenant** object to determine the language and locale of customers associated with that tenant. Parties can be associated with a specific tenant in the **Parties** module.

# Creating a Tenant

Create a new object of type *Tenant* in the **Objects** module. See <u><span style="color: #ff5630">[Creating an Object](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SMNC/pages/2001011540)</span></u> for more details. The tenant object will be used for creating sets of users who share the same time zone and language settings so we recommend that you name the tenant accordingly.

## Setting the time zone and language for a tenant

Set the time zone and language by setting the appropriate attribute values on the **Attributes** tab:

- The Default Locale Code attribute specifies the tenant language
- The TimeZone attribute specifies the tenant time zone

# Add a Tenant to a Party

Add a tenant to a party to set the language and location for that party.

To add a tenant to a party:

1. In the **Parties** module, select the party to which you want to add a tenant.
2. On the **Details** tab, click **Edit** to edit the party details and enter the tenant details in the Tenant field.
3. Click **Save** to save your changes.

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