This section includes notes to assist you when using the analysis window.
In the analysis window, the current date and time are determined based on the client machine date and time (including the year, month and day).
For example, in the initial window immediately after starting the analysis window, the "Summary" window of the week: day unit including the current year, month and day is displayed. "Current" in this case means the current date and time on the client machine.
No future period can be selected from the period selection list. Here "future" means any time after the client machine time.
Since no analysis period can be selected after the current client machine time, the latest editing results cannot be obtained if the client machine time is delayed. For this reason it is important to ensure that the client machine is always set to the correct date and time.
If the Web browser used to operate the analysis window is moved to another Web page(URL), the analysis window terminates.
If the Web browser returns to the analysis window Web page as a result of using Back or Next on the Web browser, the analysis window is restarted. In this case, settings and the standard mode in the Setup page do not store the former states, just as in the case where the analysis window is terminated and then restarted (Default values are set).
The display of the extension name depends on the final qualifier in the URL name. The following table lists the details:
Final qualifier of URL | Displayed extension name |
---|---|
If the URL name is a.html | html |
If the URL name is a.gif | gif |
If the URL name is a.GIF | GIF |
If the URL name has no extension | <FILE> |
If the URL name is a directory name | <DIRECTORY> |
If the URL name is a domain name of the server | <HOMEDIRECTORY> |
If the pathname cannot be obtained | <NOTHING> |
If "SearchDNS=yes" is specified in the Usage DB Environment Definition File, host information (host name or IP address) for the client stored in the analysis target log is DNS-converted. If, however, the conversion fails for some reason, the display is as listed below:
Host information of the client stored in logs | DNS conversion | Displayed host name | Displayed IP address |
---|---|---|---|
IP address | Success | Host name | IP address |
Failure | IP address | IP address | |
Host name | Success | Host name | IP address |
Failure | Host name | Host name |
The URL name of the log file to be analyzed is analyzed faithfully. That is, uppercase and lowercase characters of the string contained in the URL name are distinguished and handled as different URL names.
If you select the URL based breakdown from the analysis method box, only the URL names corresponding to the extensions specified in "RequestURLSuffix" of the Usage DB Environment Definition File are displayed.
If you select the URL extension based breakdown from the analysis method box to execute advanced analysis based on URL, and the extension for advanced analysis is not specified in "RequestURLSuffix" of the Usage DB Environment Definition File, the extension excluded from analysis and "No data in this period" is displayed.
If you select the year unit from the period unit box and display analysis results of mass log data, it may take some time before the analysis window is displayed.