NetTracker 7.5 Lite User's Guide
Table of Contents

License Notice

Third-Party Technology Credits

Introduction to NetTracker

Log Files

The Stages of Web Site Tracking

Reports

Profiles

Using the NetTracker Interface

Tabs

Reports Tab

Options Tab

Creating the NetTracker Profile

Creating a NetTracker Profile

Updating a Profile

Editing a NetTracker Profile

Importing Log Files

Adding a Log File

Changing the Log File Information

Having NetTracker FTP Your Log Files

Specifying the Date Format of Your Log Files

Processing Only Traffic to the Configured Site

Converting Dates and Times to Your Local Time Zone

Stopping Conversion of Dates and Times in W3C Log Files

Configuring a NetTracker Profile

Specifying the Profile Title

Specifying the URL of the Site Being Analyzed

Determining How Your Site Name Is Recorded

Enabling Case-Sensitivity for Pages

Changing the Number of Rows per Summary

Changing the Length of Page Titles in Reports

Resolving Host Names

Changing the First Day of the Week

Changing the Time Display

Changing the Date Display

Changing the Character Set

Using a Password to Restrict Access to NetTracker Functions

Removing Data from a Profile

Removing Data for Selected Months

Removing All Data from a Profile

Using NetTracker Reports

Displaying a Report

Drilling Down in a Report

Changing the Graph Type

Changing the Data Set Displayed in the Graph

Changing How Entries in a Report Are Sorted

Turning Individual Summaries On or Off

Printing a Report

Exporting a Report

Sending Reports via E-mail

Configuring NetTracker to Use the Correct E-mail Settings

E-mailing a Single Report

E-mailing Filtered Reports from the Report Summary Page

Filtering NetTracker Reports and Profile Options

Understanding Case-Sensitivity and Filters

Types of Filters

Text-Based Filters

List Filters

Date Filter

Filtering a NetTracker Report

Using Multiple Filters for One Report

Making Filters Persistent

Deleting Filters from a Report

Editing Filters Applied to a Report

Filtering a NetTracker Option

Filtering Profiles

Including Only Data from a Specific Date Range

Excluding Hosts

Including Only Certain Hosts

Excluding Pages

Including Only Certain Pages

Excluding User Agents

Including Only Certain User Agents

Including Selected Pages from the Excluded Page Types

Analyzing Content

Specifying Directory Indexes

Adding a Directory Index

Changing a Directory Index

Including Specific Redirection Scripts in the Reports

Changing Included Redirection Scripts

Analyzing Marketing Efforts

Analyzing Keywords

Creating a Keyword Parsing Rule

Specifying Parameters for the Keyword Rule

Specifying Referrers for a Rule

Specifying an Excluded URL for a Keyword Rule

Editing Keyword Rules

Editing Parameters for a Rule

Editing the Included Referrers or Included Sites for a Rule

Editing the Excluded URLs for a Rule

Keyword Parsing Example

Analyzing Referrers

Creating a Referrer Group

Adding Referrers to a Referrer Group

Editing the Referrer Groups

Editing Referrers in the Referrer Group

Determining the Group for Referrers that Fit Multiple Groups

Analyzing Visits from Indexing Agents

Adding Visitors to a Robot/Spider Group

Editing the Robot/Spider Group

Editing Visitors in the Robot/Spider Group

Determining the Group for Visitors that Fit Multiple Groups

Analyzing Page Titles

Resolving Page Titles

Resolving Page Titles through a Proxy Server

Editing Page Title Mappings

Limiting the Pages Whose Titles NetTracker Should Resolve

Adding Pages Whose Titles NetTracker Should Not Resolve

Adding Security Realms

Creating a Security Realm

Editing Security Realms

Editing Pages in the Security Realm

Determining the Security Realm for Pages that Fit Multiple Realms

Analyzing Visitors

Analyzing Visitors by Browser

Creating a Browser

Adding User Agents to a Browser

Editing the Browsers

Editing User Agents in the Browser

Determining the Browser for User Agents that Fit Multiple Browsers

Analyzing Visitors by Host

Creating a Host Group

Adding Hosts to a Host Group

Editing the Host Group

Editing Hosts in the Host Group

Determining the Host Group for Hosts that Fit Multiple Groups

Analyzing Visitors by Platform

Creating a Platform

Adding User Agents to a Platform

Editing the Platforms

Editing User Agents in the Platform

Determining the Platform for User Agents that Fit Multiple Platforms

Changing the Number of Minutes between Visits

Editing the Administrative Options

Configuring NetTracker to Use the Appropriate Mail Server

Specifying the Recipients of Error Messages

Manually Specifying the DNS Server Address

Changing the Number of IP Addresses NetTracker Resolves at One Time

Specifying How Much Time to Allow for a Reverse DNS Lookup

Specifying How Many Times NetTracker Should Retry a DNS Lookup

Resolving Page Titles through a Proxy Server

Accessing FTP Servers in Passive Mode

Turning Off Log File Browsing

Running Drilldowns as a Separate Process

Specifying Environment Variables

Editing Environment Variables

Managing NetTracker

Backing Up NetTracker

Moving NetTracker

Moving NetTracker with Log Files

Moving NetTracker without Log Files

Reports

Browser Breakdown

Browser Summary

Date Summary

Day of the Week Summary

Directory Summary

Domain Summary

Entry Page Breakdown

Entry Page Summary

Error Breakdown

Error Summary

Executive Dashboard

Exit Page Breakdown

Exit Page Summary

Host Summary

Keyword Summary

Page Breakdown

Page Summary

Platform Summary

Referrer Breakdown

Referrer Summary

Robot/Spider Breakdown

Robot/Spider Summary

Time Summary

Traffic Summary

View Breakdown

Visit Breakdown

Visitor Summary

Using Regular Expressions with NetTracker

Basics of Regular Expressions

Metacharacters

Combining Metacharacters

Using Regular Expressions with NetTracker

Glossary