Hi, I have sent notes regarding this subject before but the two solutions offered haven’t met my needs, so I thought I would try to ask again. I need to be able to track the frequency that users are using BO, what documents they are accessing, basically how often they are using the product(i.e. user name, login time and date).
I was first referred to the repository universe that is posted islink.com. However, this seems to only query the information in the Supervisor module (i.e. how many users are there, what groups are they in, what documents can they access). I was then referred to a script that is also at the islink site. This script creates a log file but only on the users local machine, so this doesn’t help me either. Does anyone have a solution? I am very desperate so any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks
Michele Robertson
Southern California Edison
Analyst
Phone: 909-394-8573
In a message dated 9/21/1998, 3:49:12 PM, BUSOB-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM writes: << I was then referred to a script that is also at the islink site. This script creates a log file but only on the users local machine, so this doesn’t help me either. >>
Michele:
What I would do is start with Glenn’s script, and simply change the location of the log file so that the information is stored on a network drive where you can capture the information. If you wanted to get really fancy, build an ODBC database and let the script add rows to a table… then report on user activity using a BusinessObjects universe built against that database (naturally!).
Glenn’s script is a starting point in that it determines when the user is logging in. Any further actions can be trapped and logged based on the features in the scripting language.
If you wanted to be very thorough in your tracking you could use a comprehensive database tracking tool. Last month I saw a couple tracking tools at a local data warehousing tools fair. Pine Cone Systems (www.pine-cone.com) and Teleran Technologies (www.teleran.com) are two vendors that provide very thorough database tracking tools. Although they are pretty costly. I assume there are others. If your company could also use a sophisticated database tracking suite these tools may be a viable option.
I realize this is probably much more than what you were looking for but it is an idea. This may be a solid long term solution.
I hope you have a great Tuesday,
Chris O’Daniel
Programmer/Analyst Sr.
Roadway Express Inc.
(330) 384-9000 ext. 3857 codaniel@roadway.com