Quota time

Use this option to configure quota times for web categories accessed by users in this policy. See Using quota time to limit Internet access for more information. Select one of the following:

• A Daily quota applies to all users accessing categories with Quota as the filtering action or exception. Enter the daily limit in minutes (default 60) for all users of this policy. Then define the session length in minutes (default 10) during which users can visit sites in quota-limited categories.
• A Per-category quota allows you to specify a daily limit per category and a session length per category that applies to all quota-limited categories by default. You can then change the daily quota time settings for particular categories or filtering exceptions on the Web Categories tab. See Managing categories actions, and SSL decryption.

A session begins when the user clicks the Use Quota Time button.

The daily quota allocation for users within a policy is refreshed at midnight in the time zone defined for the user’s proxied connection. If no specific time zones are defined in either the proxied connection or the policy, the quota allocation is refreshed at midnight UTC.

If you change the total quota time or session time after a user has started to use their daily quota or has received the quota block page from the cloud-based service, the changes will not take effect until the next day. Similarly, if you move a user to a different policy after they have started to use their daily quota or has received the quota block page from the cloud-based service, the change does not take effect until the next day.