Personally I think it's a great idea to be able to remove some of the stats but not all of them. I also like the idea of being able to remove page hits stats and to leave the search stats there. This is great for being able to provide users with information on how their site is being accessed without needing to get more expensive software (Webtrends).
I know with IIS 5 it is possible to setup web logging to go directly into a database, however the full amount of stats you could send to it are limited. I haven't checked IIS 6 but it might offer more fields that can be logged. This can be a good alternative for stats logging for those who don't wish to use FarCry to log stats, but still want to give users the ability to check the stats themselves via a web app.
Jeff Coughlin wrote:
Jens Seipenbusch wrote:
is there a global config setting to turn stats off ? i looked in the admin section, thru the mailing list and so on but cant find the magic switch.
I came across the same dilemma as Geoff, but rather than turn stats off and remove the graphs from the myFarcry page, I wrote a simple script to purge any stats (and search stats) older than 31 days (45 days on one server).
This gives the marketing department a quick idea on how their recent marketing campaigns are going. When they want to view anything older than that (usually to get a broader perspective on things) then they rely on the web log analyzers.
Doing this allows FarCry users to keep all of the "stats" features but with only a month's worth of data.
What I should probably do is write a dmCron that allows users to schedule stats truncation and allow the admin to set it to however many days they want. I woluld likely make it an option to choose which stats table you want to truncate (stats and/or searchStats) by prodiding them as checkboxes.
Would anyone be interested in this?
-Jeff C.
P.S. Don't forget to do database maintenance. Example: I use MSSQL. Because I do daily backups of the database I make sure to truncate the logs just after the backup is complete. In my experience with Farcry websites this saves me about 30% of the space used by the database and increases performance considerably. Like indexing your tables, database maintenance is important. If you are not familiar with these features it is a good idea to talk with a DBA if you have access to one.
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