Creating and Editing Collector Files

This section describes how to create and edit data collection files. The data collector files define the data types to collect.

1. Navigate to  System Administration  Content Statistics  Data Collection Configuration  and choose the Collector Files tab.

   In the Collector Files tab, a list of the data files is on the left. (The name of each is comprised of the base file name, defined in the Configuration tab, and a numeral, which is incrementally higher for each additional file.)

   Selecting a collector file shows, in a table on the right, the data types, their defined parameter values and separators that are defined in the selected collector file.

2. From the Collector Files panel, you can add or remove a collector file.

3. In the data type list panel, you can perform the following activities:

   • Choose Add Data Type and select a data type to add from a dialog box that appears.

     If the data type you choose has parameters, they appear at the bottom of the dialog box and so that you can enter a value.

   • If a selected data type has configurable parameters, the Edit button is activated. You can choose the Edit button to open a dialog box in which to edit the available parameter values.

   • You can remove a data type.

   • Choose Define Separator to open a dialogue box in which you can define the following:

     • The name of the separator, which appears in the separator dropdown list

     • The characters to use as separators (Different organizations may want to use customized separators.)

     • You can move the data types up and down the list.

   The data types available are as follows:

   Data Type	Description
   Browser Type	The user agent for viewing Internet content
   Embedded in Page	Indicates whether the object is embedded in a page or is the root object
   Header of Request	The name of the request header
   Header of Request (Hashed)	The hashed value of the request header specified in the <Header Name> parameter
   HTTP Session ID	The ID of the HTTP session
   iView Name	The name of the iView triggered by the request
   iView PCD URL	The PCD URL of the iView triggered by the request
   iView PCD URL (Hashed)	The hashed value of the PCD URL of the iView triggered by the request
   Logged-On User	The name of the logged-on user
   Logged-On User (Hashed)	The hashed value of the name of the logged-on user
   Navigation Path	The navigation path (navigation node name) of the iView or page
   Object Type Triggered	Indicates whether a page or iView was triggered by the request
   Portal Application	The portal application of the portal component triggered by the request
   Portal Component	The portal component triggered by the request
   Server Host Name	The hostname of the server
   Server Node ID	The system identifier of the server node on which the request was passed.
   Server Port	The port of the server node on which the request was passed.
   Time of Request	The time when the request was made, according to the specified parameters.
   Time to Process Request	The time taken to process the request, in milliseconds.
   Unique ID of Request	A unique identifier for the portal request, which can be used to correlate the current request record with a record for the same request in a different data collector file.
   URL Query String	The query string in the URL that triggered the request.
   URL Query String (Hashed)	The hashed value of the query string in the URL that triggered the request.
   User Property	The value of the user property as specified by the Namespace and Property Name parameters.
   User Type	The type of user, either authenticated (n) or anonymous (a).
   Server Node ID	The system identifier of the server node on which the request was passed.
   Server Port	The port of the server node on which the request was passed.
   Time of Request	The time when the request was made, according to the specified parameters.
   Time to Process Request	The time taken to process the request, in milliseconds.
   Unique ID of Request	A unique identifier for the portal request, which can be used to correlate the current request record with a record for the same request in a different data collector file.
   URL Query String	The query string in the URL that triggered the request.
   URL Query String (Hashed)	The hashed value of the query string in the URL that triggered the request.
   User Property	The value of the user property as specified by the Namespace and Property Name parameters.
   User Type	The type of user, either authenticated (n) or anonymous (a).

4. Save your configuration.