Location settings

Default timezone

This is the default time zone for displaying dates, although each user can override this setting in their profile. Cron tasks and other server settings are specified in this time zone. You should change the setting if it shows as Invalid timezone.

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Force timezone

You can allow users to individually select their time zone, or force a time zone for everyone. 

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CSV Import date format

Date format to be used in CSV imports such as user uploads with date custom profile fields, or HR import. The date format should be compatible with the formats defined in the PHP DateTime class. Below are some examples for 21st March 2022:

• d/m/Y: Would appear as 21/03/2022.
• d/m/y: Would appear as 21/03/22.  
• m/d/Y: Would appear in US form e.g. 03/21/2022.
• Y-m-d: Would appear in ISO form e.g. 2022-03-21.

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Default country

The country entered here will be used by default on new user accounts unless an alternative country has been provided. To force users to choose a country, just leave this unset.

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Default city

A city entered here will be the default city when creating new user accounts unless an alternative has been provided. A user's city can be changed from the default if required.

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GeoLite2 City MaxMind DB

Location of GeoLite2 City binary data file. This file is not part of Totara distribution and must be obtained separately from MaxMind. You can either buy a commercial version or use the free version. You can find details of how to generate a GeoLite2 account and download the file on their website. Once you have the file, extract it into the /home/vagrant/data/txp-16_data/geoip/ directory on your server.

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All country codes

This is the list of countries that may be selected in various places, for example in a user's profile. If blank (the default), the list in countries.php in the standard English language pack is used. This is the list from ISO 3166-1. Otherwise, you can specify a comma-separated list of codes, for example GB,FR,ES. If you add new, non-standard codes here, you will need to add them to countries.php in en and your language pack.

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Google Maps Javascript API key

Information on obtaining a key can be found at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key. Please refer to the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service for permitted use. For help understanding the Terms of Service refer to the Terms of Service FAQs. If you have purchased a Premium Plan then please enter your Client ID into the API key setting. Totara will recognise this as Client ID and treat it as such. Totara currently uses the Google Maps JavaScript API in the following locations:

• Location custom fields
• IP Address lookup visualisation within the site log reports

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Region bias  

Google Maps addresses return results influenced by your region/country. For example, searches for "San Francisco" may return different results if sent from a domain within the United States than one sent from Spain. This should be the ISO 3166-1 code for the appropriate region/country.

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Force map language  

If empty, map text will be displayed using the user's browser's language. Set this setting to force all users to see map text in the specified language. Visit https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#languagesupport for a list of supported languages.

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Default zoom level

Sets the initial zoom level of the map. Accepted values range from 0 (the whole world) to 21 (individual buildings). The upper limit can vary depending on the map data available at the selected location.

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