28-03-2024

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OIS - Time Segments

A time segment is a period of time over which a policy applies to a group and its member clients. Time segments do not belong to policies, and policies do not belong to time segments. Rather a time segment ‘activates’ a particular policy. A group may have multiple policies and time segments.



Time segments allow you to set more or less restrictive internet filtering at different times of the day or night for a group of clients. Only one policy is active at any time.

Adding at Time Segment

  • On the ‘Group’ page, scroll down to the ‘Time Segments’ section.
  • Click Add New Time Segment. The ‘Add Time Segment to Group’ page displays
  • Click the down arrow by the Add to box and select the name of the policy to which you want to apply the time segment.

In the illustrated sample below, we applied this policy to five time segments so that this policy would be in effect from 8 a.m. till 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.



  • We selected the appropriate Start Days, Start Times, Stop Days, and Stop Times and then added them to the appropriate policy.
  • Click Submit to save and apply the time segments to the selected policy.
  • The new time segments for the policy displays with the policy name in the Time Segments section of the Group Policy page.

Viewing the Time Policy Calendar

Click View Time Calendar in the Time Segments section of the Group Policy page.
This weekly Time Policy Calendar for the group appears.
You will see in the image below that the Time Segment entered in the previous procedure shows up Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.