Usage tracking records information about EPM Workspace activities as they occur and provides a historical view of system usage. This information answers questions like:
Who logged in yesterday?
Which EPM Workspace reports are accessed most frequently?
You can configure your system to track numerous activities. For example, you can track opening, closing, and processing Interactive Reporting documents or you can track only opening Interactive Reporting documents.
Activities are recorded as events in the repository database. Events are recorded with pertinent details and information that distinguishes them from each other. Event times are stored in GMT. Events are deleted from the database in a configurable time frame.
Usage Service must be running to track events set in the user interface. Usage Service can be replicated and all Usage Services access one database.
The user name and password to access the usage tracking information may differ from that used for EPM Workspace. Oracle recommends that Usage Tracking use its own schema in the repository database; however, an alternate schema is not required. For more information about configuring Usage Tracking schema, see the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Installation and Configuration Guide.
Topics that provide detailed information about tracking usage and events: