Configuring Advanced General Settings

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Last updated: Jan 05, 2020 by Nadav Razam (Unlicensed)
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In the XpoLog Manager General settings Advanced section, you can:

  • Specify the business hours and non business hours - Define if XpoLog should distinguish between business and non-business hours and specify the desired hours.

  • Upload custom functions – Import a JAR of custom functions defined by the XpoLog team.

  • User Time Zone Mode – set the policy that XpoLog uses to apply time zone for users entering the system from different locations.



To configure advanced settings:

  1. In the General Settings console, open the Advanced section.

  2. Under Business Hours enable/disable whether XpoLog should distinguish between business and non-business hours and specify the desired hours. This is used by XpoLog mainly for data monitoring.

  3. Under Custom Functions, click here to upload the report functions JAR to XpoLog Center.

  4. Under User Time Zone Mode, there are 3 options that can be used:

    1. Apply the system time zone (default) - 
      XpoLog instances have a global, cross-system, time zone. By default the global time zone is taken from the machine that XpoLog is running on – this time zone is the baseline and all dates and times selections/interpretations are done based on it (user interface always refers to the system time zone – last hour selection is interpreted to the last hour of the system time zone). Each log source, by default, gets the system time zone. I.E. XpoLog assumes that the log data is written in the same time zone. A log source specific time zone may be defined in the log regional settings configuration and, in case different than the system time zone, XpoLog will interpret the log records timestamps to the system time zone.

    2. Apply dynamic time zone - 
      By selecting this option, XpoLog will try to automatically retrieve a the user's specific time zone, from the user client, on log in. If the retrieved time zone of the user is different than the system time zone, the user will automatically see all dates and times selections/interpretations to the retrieved time zone and not as the system time zone.
      Note: Even if this option is selected, all scheduled / system tasks will be executed based on the system time zone.

    3. Apply AppTags time zone - 
      By selecting this option, an option to configure a specific time zone per AppTag will be available. Each AppTag will have its own designated time zone configured and if a user is allowed to see a specific AppTag's data then that AppTag’s time zone will be automatically applied, regardless of the user’s location.
      If a user is allowed to see multiple AppTag’s with the same time zone then that time zone will be applied, if the user is allowed to see more than one AppTag with different time zones then the system time zone will be automatically used instead.
      Note: Even if this option is selected, all scheduled / system tasks will be executed based on the system time zone.