Oracle BI Presentation Services

As the Presentation Services Administrator, you can specify the time zone that Oracle BI Presentation Services uses.

Data from the database

The Oracle BI Server Administrator specifies the time zone for the data that is retrieved from the database.

If you make no time zone settings, then users see the time stamp data in the time zone of the original data as set by the Oracle BI Server Administrator.

Content that is displayed in Oracle Business Intelligence

Users who create reports can specify the time zone that is displayed in their reports and dashboard prompts. This specification overrides those made by you as the administrator and by end users if they have previously used the column in their queries and have set the time zone.

If the specified display time zone supports daylight saving time, then the timestamp values that are displayed are automatically adjusted for daylight saving time.

General time stamps that indicate when events happen

End users can specify the time zone for many general stamps including the following ones:

• The scheduled time of iBots.
• The generated time of alerts or reports.
• The time on which items in the Presentation Catalog are created, modified, and accessed.

Log files

Log files contain time stamps for various activities.