How WebSpy Vantage uses your CPUs
I’m frequently asked how WebSpy Vantage utilizes a systems CPU resources. Sometimes you may notice Vantage utilizing 100% of your machine’s CPU power, and other times it will be hardly touched. So here...
View ArticleWhy there is so much anonymous traffic in Microsoft TMG and ISA logs
One of the most common questions we get asked by users of Microsoft TMG and ISA is why there is so much traffic attributed to the Anonymous user. Even though unauthenticated access to the web has been...
View ArticleReport Templates: Making The Most of Your Data
This is the first in a series of articles on customizing report templates in Vantage. The first step is opening up the existing templates to all of the fields available in your log files, rather than...
View ArticleReport Templates: What Makes Up a Node?
In this blog we will look at the construction of a node within the report template, and what you can customize on it. Any element within a template is termed a “node” in Vantage. This can include a...
View ArticleHow To: Report On A User
This blog will look at the best report templates to use when reporting on an individual user, and how to set up filters to select the right user. Vantage comes with sample report templates, and two of...
View ArticleHow To: Report On Date and Time A Site Was Visited
One of the most common things we hear is ‘how do I report on when a site was visited’. While this poses a few potential problems, this article will look at some possible solutions. Vantage does import...
View ArticleVideo: Reporting On A User
This video tutorial will look at the best report templates to use when reporting on an individual user, and how to set up filters to select the right user. You can also view this information in a text...
View ArticleReport Templates: Template Structure
In this blog we will look at the structure of report templates, and how you can use structure to report on what you want to see. Any element within a report template is known as a node. These nodes can...
View ArticleVideo: Duplicating Report Templates
This video tutorial looks at the first step in customizing report templates – duplicating them to your own log file schema, so that you can use all of the fields from your log files rather than just...
View ArticleHow To: Reporting On Categories
This article will show you how to report on categories of websites with WebSpy Vantage. There are different ways to report on categories of websites with Vantage, depending on the type of proxy server,...
View ArticleVideo: Template Structure
In this video we will look at the structure of report templates, and how you can use structure to report on what you want to see. You can also view this information in a text article here:...
View ArticleVideo: Reporting on Keywords Typed Into Search Engines
In this video we will look at how to report on the search terms that users have typed into search engines. You can also view this information in a text article here:...
View ArticleWhat is Productivity?
A lot of the sample reports that come with WebSpy Vantage have a section of the report for Productivity, so what does this mean and how can you customize it? Productivity in Reports is a grouping of...
View ArticleReport Templates: What Goes In A Table?
A table in a report is not limited to just a single summary field, such as user or site or date, all of these can be included in a single table if you want them to. There are two types of columns that...
View ArticleHow To: Add A Custom Field Node To A Report
Some log formats contain message fields, or other free-form fields which are not easily displayed in reports and summaries, so although these fields are imported from the log files, they are not...
View ArticleCategorising Keywords Typed Into Search Engines
This blog article will look at how to use WebSpy’s Profiles to categorize the search terms that users have typed into Search Engines, and add this information to reports. In previous blogs we have...
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