Create country choices

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated May 13, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • Create additional country choices to select from in the Next Experience language and region preferences or a user record.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    By default, you can select from only a limited list of countries in the Next Experience language and region preferences or in a User record. To allow users to select from additional countries, administrators can create additional choices for the Country code [country] field on the User [sys_user] table.

    Procedure

    1. In the navigation filter, enter sys_choice.list.
    2. Select New.
    3. On the form, fill in the fields.
      Table 1. Choice form
      Field Value
      Table User [sys_user]
      Element country
      Language Enter a BCP 47 language identifier. This field can contain a language code or a language code followed by a country or region code. For example, tr for Turkish or es-MX for Mexican Spanish.
      Label Enter the name of the country in the specified language as you want it to appear in choice lists.
      Value Enter the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the country. For example, BR for Brazil.
      Sequence Enter a number to determine what order the option appears in the list if you don't want to list choices alphabetically.
      Inactive Leave cleared for the country choice to appear in the Next Experience language and region preferences or in a User record.

      For more information about this table, see Choice table.

      The following choice lets users select Canada as their country when the user or instance language is English.
      • Table: User [sys_user]
      • Element: country
      • Language: en
      • Label: Canada
      • Value: CA
    4. Select Submit.