Starting the Aggregator Application 

Use

After configuring the aggregator application, start the application in order to begin the aggregation of the raw activity data collected by the data collection service. The aggregator application then generates aggregated data that can be displayed in portal activity report iViews.

A portal activity report iView only displays aggregated data, which is created only when the aggregator application is configured and running.

This procedure also describes how to delete the portal activity report data currently stored in the database and to specify how long data should be retained.

Procedure

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       1.      At a command line, change the directory to the directory where the application is located.

       2.      Type one of the following:

¡        aggregator.bat: Starts the aggregation application so that it runs indefinitely.

¡        scheduled_aggregator.bat: Starts the aggregation application so that it shuts down after the aggregation. This version enables the use of a scheduler to run the application each hour.

You can customize the application with switches. For help with using switches, use the help switch. For example, type the following at the command line: aggregator.bat help

The following table describes the switches for the aggregator application:

Switch	Description
help	Displays available command line switches for the aggregator application.
-deleteAll	Deletes all portal activity report data in the database. Use this switch with caution.
-firstdayofweek <value>	Specifies the first day of the week for weekly aggregation. The default is Monday (values are not case sensitive).
-hourlyretention <value>	Specifies, in days, how long to retain hourly statistics. The default is 30 days.
-dailyretention <value>	Specifies, in days, how long to retain daily statistics. The default is 90 days.
-weeklyretention <value>	Specifies, in days, how long to retain weekly statistics. The default is 365 days.
-monthlyretention <value>	Specifies, in days, how long to retain monthly statistics. The default is 730 days.
-quarterlyretention <value>	Specifies, in days, how long to retain quarterly statistics. The default is 1460 days.

The values you select for the retention period affect the size of your database. Only retain as much information as you need. If you need to store information, consider offloading data from the database into spreadsheets.