Understand the site analysis log

Understand the site analysis log

Site analysis log information is collected in...
WP_PROFILE/logs/app_server/sa_date_time.log

The current (active) log file is named sa.log. The dateFormat parameter determines the interval at which the file is created.
The site analysis log uses the NCSA Combined log format, which is a combination of NCSA Common log format and three additional fields:

referrer
user_agent
cookie

Sample entry...
9.37.3.88 - customer2 [10/Apr/2002:21:33:16 +0000] "GET /Portlet/146/Welcome?PortletPID=146&PortletMode=View&PortletState=Normal HTTP/1.1" 200 -1 "http://myserver.company.com/Page/110/Welcome" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)" "JSESSIONID=OXDFAPVR4SXYZOIHSLVGA2Y"

...where...

Example value Field Explanation
9.37.3.88 host IP address of the HTTP client that sent the request. If there is a reverse proxy server between the client and the portal, the IP address logged is that of the reverse proxy server rather than the HTTP client. To log the IP address of the HTTP client, remove the reverse proxy server from the environment.
- rcf931 The identifier used to identify the client making the request. This field is always set to the hyphen character ( - ).
customer2 username The user ID for the client. If the user ID is not known, the field is set to the hyphen character ( - ).
[10/APR/2002:21:33:16 +0000] date:time: timezone The date and time of the HTTP request.
GET /Portlet/146/Welcome?PortletMode=View&PortletState=Normal HTTP/1.1 request The HTTP method, the URL of the requested resource and the version of HTTP used by the client.
200 statuscode The HTTP status code for the request.
-1 bytes The number of bytes of data transferred from the client as part of the request. A value of -1 means unknown.
"http://myserver.company.com/Page/110/Welcome" referrer URL that linked the client to the Web site. If referrer is not logged, field is set to empty double quotes: ""
"Firefox/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)" user_agent The type of Web browser used by the client.
"JSESSIONID=OXDFAPVR4SXYZOIHSLVGA2Y" cookies The name and value of a cookie sent to the client browser. For multiple cookies, list is delimited by semicolons.

Parent: Log and analyze server side site data
Related:
Enable site analysis logging
Logging custom details of business events for site analysis
Related reference:
Analysis loggers reference

Example value	Field	Explanation
9.37.3.88	host	IP address of the HTTP client that sent the request. If there is a reverse proxy server between the client and the portal, the IP address logged is that of the reverse proxy server rather than the HTTP client. To log the IP address of the HTTP client, remove the reverse proxy server from the environment.
-	rcf931	The identifier used to identify the client making the request. This field is always set to the hyphen character ( - ).
customer2	username	The user ID for the client. If the user ID is not known, the field is set to the hyphen character ( - ).
[10/APR/2002:21:33:16 +0000]	date:time: timezone	The date and time of the HTTP request.
GET /Portlet/146/Welcome?PortletMode=View&PortletState=Normal HTTP/1.1	request	The HTTP method, the URL of the requested resource and the version of HTTP used by the client.
200	statuscode	The HTTP status code for the request.
-1	bytes	The number of bytes of data transferred from the client as part of the request. A value of -1 means unknown.
"http://myserver.company.com/Page/110/Welcome"	referrer	URL that linked the client to the Web site. If referrer is not logged, field is set to empty double quotes: ""
"Firefox/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)"	user_agent	The type of Web browser used by the client.
"JSESSIONID=OXDFAPVR4SXYZOIHSLVGA2Y"	cookies	The name and value of a cookie sent to the client browser. For multiple cookies, list is delimited by semicolons.