You can set up the PingIntelligence Dashboard in either local or utc time zone. The Dashboard by default runs in the UTC time zone. You can configure the following parameters to set the time zone.

Parameter File name Description

pi.webgui.server.timezone

This parameter must be configured in <pi_install_dir>/webgui/config/webgui.properties file.

The valid values are local or utc. The default value is utc.

dashboard.timezone

This parameter must be configured in <pi_install_dir>/dashboard/config/dashboard.properties file.

The valid values are local or utc. The default value is utc.

The following is a snippet of webgui.properties for time zone parameter:

### Timezone configuration
# valid values: local, utc
pi.webgui.server.timezone=local

<truncated webgui.properties...>

The following is a snippet of dashboard.properties for time zone parameter:

### Timezone configuration
# valid values: local, utc
dashboard.timezone=local

<truncated dashboard.properties...>
Note:

Make sure that the time zone parameter is set to the same value in both webgui.properties and dashboard.properties. Also make sure that ASE, the ABS AI engine, and the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard are all configured on the same time zone.

To change the time zone in PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard, complete the following steps:

  1. Stop the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.
  2. Update the timezone parameters in the webgui.properties anddashboard.properties files.
  3. Start the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.
    Note:

    For more information, see Starting and stopping the PingIntelligence Dashboard.