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KB43335: How to configure date data in UK format when delivered by MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server


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Customers may have MicroStrategy Narrowcast Servers, Intelligence Servers and the backend database servers deployed in different countries, thus may lead to same report data showing in different locale formats, like US (MM/DD/YYYY) and UK (DD/MM/YYYY) date formats. This document explains how to configure Narrowcast Server to make sure the date data is delivered in UK format regardless the machine locales and other locale settings.

Customers may have Strategy Narrowcast Servers, Intelligence Servers and the backend database servers deployed in different countries, thus may lead to same report data showing in different locale formats, like US (MM/DD/YYYY) and UK (DD/MM/YYYY) date formats. This document explains how to configure Narrowcast Server to make sure the date data is delivered in UK format regardless the machine locales and other locale settings. Follow the steps below to do this:
 

  • Go to Narrowcast Server Console -> Administrations -> Locales where you can find all locales, edit the English(UK) locale:
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  • Find the Information Source that you are using and choose English (United Kingdom) for 'Date and number formatting locale'. Save it.
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  • a. If you are delivering a linked document, in the document selector, select English (UK) as the document execution locale as shown below:
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  • b. If you are delivering Narrowcast document, in the document editor, go to File -> Properties and choose English (UK) as the execution locale as shown below:
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July 6, 2017

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July 6, 2017