Administering Maps Using Administration Pages

14-4 System Administrators Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition ■ When you use the ampersand in the value of a session variable, include the ampersand character in the value, such as Pacific Time US Canada; Tijuana. ■ When you use the ampersand in the value of an element in the Oracle BI Presentation Services configuration file instanceconfig.xml, include the escape sequence for the ampersand in the value, such as Pacific Time US amp; Canada; Tijuana

14.5 Description of Time Zone Settings

Table 14–3 describes the session variables and the elements in the instanceconfig.xml file with which you set time zones. When you include elements in the instanceconfig.xml file, you specify the time zone that all users see. When you use session variables, you can specify a different time zone for each user. If you use session variables and you specify values for the appropriate elements in the instanceconfig.xml file, then the values of the session variables override the settings in the instanceconfig.xml file. Table 14–3 Time Zone Settings Element Session Variable Description Value DefaultDataOffset DATA_TZ The time zone offset of the original data. To allow the time zone to be converted so that users see the appropriate zone, you must set the value of this element or variable. If you do not set this option, then no time zone conversion occurs because the value is unknown. For example, suppose you want to convert to Eastern Standard Time EST, which is Greenwich Mean Time GMT - 5. You must specify this value to enable the conversion to EST. An offset that indicates the number of hours away from GMT time. For example: GMT-05:00 or -300, which means minus 5 hours. DefaultDataDisplay DATA_ DISPLAY_TZ Specifies the time zone to use for displaying data. If you do not set this option, then the value is the User-Preferred Time Zone . One of the time zones that are specified in the TimeZones.xml file. See Section 14.4.1, Specifying Time Zone Values. Configuring Time Zones 14-5

14.6 Example: Configuration File Settings for Specifying the Time Zone

The following shows a sample section of the instanceconfig.xml file in which the TimeZone element has been added. TimeZone DefaultDataOffset0DefaultDataOffset LoggingGMT-08:00 Pacific Time US amp; Canada; TijuanaLogging DefaultUserPreferredGMT-08:00 Pacific Time US amp; Canada; TijuanaDefaultUserPreferred DefaultDataDisplayGMT-06:00 Central Time US amp; CanadaDefaultDataDisplay TimeZone See Section 3.4, Using a Text Editor to Update Configuration Settings for information about editing the instanceconfig.xml file. DefaultUserPreferred TIMEZONE Specifies the users default preferred time zone before they select their own in the My Account dialog. If you do not set this option, then the value is the local time zone from Oracle BI Presentation Services. One of the time zones that are specified in the TimeZones.xml file. See Section 14.4.1, Specifying Time Zone Values. Logging na The time zone of the time stamps that appear in log files that are generated by Presentation Services. If you do not set this option, then the value is the local time zone from Presentation Services One of the time zones that are specified in the TimeZones.xml file. See Section 14.4.1, Specifying Time Zone Values. TimeZone na The parent element for the elements that modify the preferred time zone. A child of the ServerInstance element. na Table 14–3 Cont. Time Zone Settings Element Session Variable Description Value