Portal Usage Information

Portal Server does include a built-in reporting mechanism to monitor portal usage information by portal users. This includes which channels are accessed, how long the channels are accessed, and the ability to build a user behavioral pattern of the portal. Portal monitoring can be administered using the management console or psadmin subcommands. The following monitoring capabilities are possible:

• Managed Desktop Services:

  • Content Request

  • Edit Request

  • Process Request

  • Logout Request

• Services exposed

  • cumulatively

  • per channel

• Each service has set of attributes

• Service Attributes:

  • Name Count

  • Last Service Time

  • Maximum Service Time

  • Minimum Service Time

  • Average Service Time

User-based tracking (UBT) is also administered using the psconsole or psadmin. UBT is disabled by default. To enable user-based tracking, set property com.sun.portal.ubt.enable=true in file /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/config. The level INFO, FINE, FINER, FINEST, OFF controls extent of data captured. Logs are routed to a file: /var/opt/SUNWportal/portals/portal1/logs/%instance/ubt.%u.%g.log which is configurable.