How Do I Change Profile Settings (Time Zone & Regional Formats)

Another quick addition to our basics series, this article covers how to adjust your profile settings in Report Toaster. 

Video more your thing? Check out the video version of this guide here.

For instance, let's say I want to switch

- Time zone (from my Shopify default setting) 

- Decimal format (from 0.00 to 0,00 or vice versa) 

- Date format (from 31/12/21 to 12/31/21) 

All of these options can be found under the Settings menu in the Report Toaster app here: 

Opening up this menu pulls up the Settings Menu like so: 

Time Zone 

By default, Report Toaster will use the same Time zone as your Shopify store. 

Normally, we don't recommend changing this, as it maintains consistency in the data when comparing numbers vs Shopify (especially when comparing totals on a certain date range).

However there are exceptions where this is useful (e.g. perhaps you have a person in one part of the world managing the Shopify storefront and another elsewhere using the Report Toaster app). 

So to adjust this setting, simply click on the dropdown, select your preferred Time zone, and click Save when you're done. 

Regional Format 

A lot of settings in Report Toaster are adjusted for local regional formats to ensure the data is displayed as expected for your particular store. 

This includes things like: 

1. Dates (e.g. the United States uses MM/DD/YYYY, whereas the United Kingdom uses DD/MM/YYYY) 
   
2. Decimals (e.g. 1,000.00 vs. 1.000,00) 
   
3. Times (e.g. 1:08.03pm vs 13.08.00)
   
4. Starting Day of the Week (Saturday, Sunday, or Monday)

Once again, this setting is based on the default for your Shopify store.

We generally recommend leaving this alone to maintain consistency with the data. 

But if you need to adjust this setting, simply click on the dropdown, select your regional format from the list, and click Save when you're done. 

And that's it! 

For other articles in our Basic Guides series, check out our main section here.

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