Webtrends and Analog

[Elena OMalley]

Response summary:
Folks helpfully reported that Webtrends has a table called 
"Most Downloaded Files." The standard configuration has this counting 
pdf downloads. This will be a new statistic for us. 

Someone was kind enough to run Analog and Webtrends on the same set of 
sample logs for me, and his numbers showed that if I want to compare last
year's Analog Request Report numbers to something in Webtrends, Top
Pages Views are the closest match. Webtrends sometimes reports higher
numbers, sometimes lower, and sometimes the same number as Analog on
a given page, but it's usually in the same ballpark. Admittedly, it's
all imprecise, but these two reports are designed to count views on 
htm(l) pages. (Or, as the case now is for us, CF doc ids.)

Many thanks to all who responded.

Elena O'Malley

> For anyone familiar with both Webtrends and Analog: 
>
> Analog has a Request Report which, according to the documentation, "lists 
> which files were downloaded." We've been using that figure in our stats analysis. 
> Now, we're on a different server and using Webtrends. The closest equivalent in 
> Webtrends reports that I've found is Top Pages views. Does anyone know how close
> an equivalent this is, or if Webtrends has a category that would be more like 
> Analog's Request Report figures?
>
> I'm considering looking at Webtrends visit counts in the future, but I'm currently 
> trying to find a way to compare this year's stats and last year's.
>
> Thanks,
> Elena
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> Elena O'Malley 
> Head of Library Computer and Internet Services
> Emerson College Library, Boston, MA 02116