Oracle® Fusion Middleware Oracle WebCenter Analytics Administrator's Guide (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction) 10g Release 3 (10.3.0.1) Part Number E14112-02 |
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Oracle WebCenter Analytics allows portal managers and business owners to track and analyze portal usage. Oracle WebCenter Analytics provides the following basic functionality:
Usage Tracking Metrics: Oracle WebCenter Analytics collects and reports metrics of common portal functions, including community, portlet and document hits.
Behavior Tracking: Users of Oracle WebCenter Analytics reports can analyze portal metrics to determine usage patterns, such as portal visit duration and usage over time.
User Profile Correlation: Users of Oracle WebCenter Analytics reports can correlate metric information with user profile information. Usage tracking reports can be viewed and filtered by user profile data such as country, company or title.
Custom Event Tracking: Portal Administrators and developers can register custom portal and non-portal events that are sent to Oracle WebCenter Analytics using the OpenUsage API. Event data is saved to the Oracle WebCenter Analytics database, which can then be queried for reporting to a portal or non-portal application.
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You must understand star schema database concepts in order to use Oracle WebCenter Analytics' custom event tracking features.Oracle WebCenter Analytics is comprised of the following components:
Figure 1-1 Oracle WebCenter Analytics Architecture
The following table describes the components that are delivered with Oracle WebCenter Analytics. For a list of ports used by Oracle WebCenter Analytics, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction).
Table 1-1 Oracle WebCenter Analytics components
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The Interaction Analytics component gathers portal usage tracking metrics. It is installed on the same server that hosts the portal. For details on installing the Interaction Analytics component, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction). |
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The OpenUsage API sends the following metrics to the BEA AL Analytics Collector service:
For additional details on using the OpenUsage API, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics. |
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Oracle WebCenter Analytics Query API |
Facilitates communication between external applications and Oracle WebCenter Analytics. For more information on using the Oracle WebCenter Analytics Query API, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics. |
Analytics Console |
The Analytics Console component includes the Oracle WebCenter Analytics user interface and the BEA AL Analytics service, and is installed on a stand-alone server. The BEA AL Analytics service provides Oracle WebCenter Analytics data to the end user through the Analytics Console or portlets that are created from Oracle WebCenter Analytics portlet templates. For details on installing the Analytics Console component, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction). |
Analytics Collector component |
The Analytics Collector component includes the BEA AL Analytics Collector service. The BEA AL Analytics Collector service receives data from the Interaction Analytics component and gathers data from the portal database through the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK). The BEA AL Analytics Collector service can be clustered to provide increased scalability and reliability. For details on installing the Analytics Collector component and clustering the BEA AL Analytics Collector service, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction). |
Provides the Image Service with the necessary files to run Oracle WebCenter Analytics. For details on installing the Image Service component, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction) |
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Provides the Automation Service with the necessary jobs to synchronize Analytics with the portal. For details on installing the Analytics Automation Jobs component, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction) |
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The Oracle WebCenter Analytics database provides storage for metrics that are gathered from custom portal and non-portal events. For details on configuring the Oracle WebCenter Analytics database, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Oracle WebCenter Analytics (for Oracle WebCenter Interaction) |
Oracle WebCenter Analytics is designed to integrate with the Oracle WebCenter Interaction portal. When Oracle WebCenter Analytics is installed, a number of administrative objects, activity rights, and the Analytics Administration Utility are created in the portal.
The following table describes the Oracle WebCenter Interaction components that are used by Oracle WebCenter Analytics.
Table 1-2 Summary of WebCenter Interaction Components