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Rithik_Prem
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2 years ago

How to Display User Specific Time in Excel Header using Dashboard XFBR String

Hi, We are trying to Display User Time when we export the report to excel on Excel Header. We tried using this code, but it is giving us the UTC Time. If args.FunctionName.XFEqualsIgnoreCase("Datea...
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RobbSalzmann
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2 years ago

Since the XFBR code runs on the OneStream Server the server's Timezone will always be what is returned by  TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.

To use user TimeZones:
Store each user's three char time zone in one of the User account Text fields.

Then use the following code to look it up and use the TZ in your code above:

 

 

Dim strTimeZone as String = BRApi.Security.Authorization.GetUser(si, si.UserName).User.Text1;