Universe Internationalize - Date Format based on System Regional Setting.

Hi,
We have set of universe for our product. I have created Deski and webi reports with date objects using those universes. I ran those report in the Systems which are Austrialia,Canadian and US Locale Settings. Both Deski & Webi report displays the DATE in US format in all the Boxes eventhough regional settings are configured to Aus & Canada.
Can you pls help me how to make the universe internationalised. Specifically Date Formats? Currently we are focusing only for English speaking countries.
Thanks,
Venkateswaran.P

Hi,
Have you configured the locale settings In Infoview under 'Preferences' correctly?
Have a look at the following settings:
- Preferred Viewing Locale
- Make sure you check the box for 'Use my preferred locale to format the data'
Let us know if this works for you
Regards
Rim

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