[Koha] OPAC Usage
For reporting and statistical use we are interested in logging visits to our Koha OPAC in two categories--patron logins to the OPAC from outside the library and simple page hits without logins. How are other organizations collecting this data? -- Greg Lawson Network Administrator Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] OPAC Usage
I installed Piwik analytics for our library to determine site visit and detailed visitor's log. With regards to patron logins to the OPAC, I haven't tried it yet. Maybe other koha users could share their's. -- View this message in context: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/OPAC-Usage-tp5747471p5747559.html Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha OPAC usage log
Thank you for the response. I am still hoping someone has done some work in this area, as dissecting Apache logs is probably beyond my skill. We already run SQL reports to count holds placed and filled - but I am not aware of a way to detect whether the hold was placed through the OPAC or by staff. Is there such a field in Koha's tables? If so, what is the field name? We do have Apache on RedHat - can anyone direct me to the directory where the Apache web logs would be, or tell me the filename to search for? Thank you Agnes On 11/05/2011 7:40 PM, Greg Barniskis wrote: On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Agnes Rivers-Moore a...@hanover.ca mailto:a...@hanover.ca wrote: Hello all Is there a way to extract usage statistics for the public catalogue of Koha? I would like to be able to make a report that would show daily numbers of main page access, number of searches, number of holds placed, number of renewals done by our patrons through the OPAC. Does anyone have a method for this? Is there a log file we could query to generate these number? Has anyone added a web page analytics thing to get this kind of usage information? We are on 3.00.06, moving to 3.2 soon. Thank you Agnes Hi Agnes, You may need to try a couple of different methods to get at the different kinds of information you're looking for. A statistic like how many times was the main page accessed? is probably best answered by looking at the log files for the web server and running them through software designed to analyze web server logs. So, Apache log files if your web server runs Apache (it probably does). Your web log may also have a lot to say about the kinds of searches being made. A statistic like number of holds might be better exposed through a SQL query, particularly if you wanted to combine that with questions like who placed holds? and on what?. Off the cuff, I don't know the syntax you'd need for any of that, but it might be in the community's SQL report wiki, found at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library. In any case, a lot of useful things are there. If you come up with some clever new SQL query to get at your desired info, please contribute it there. Hope that helps, Greg -- CEO/ Chief Librarian Hanover Public Library. 451 10th Ave, Hanover, ON N4N 2P1 Tel: 519-364-1420 Email: a...@hanover.ca Please consider the environment before printing this message or attachments. Support your library! Please consider making a donation, joining the Friends of the Library, or remembering us in your will. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha OPAC usage log
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Agnes Rivers-Moore a...@hanover.ca wrote: Hello all Is there a way to extract usage statistics for the public catalogue of Koha? I would like to be able to make a report that would show daily numbers of main page access, number of searches, number of holds placed, number of renewals done by our patrons through the OPAC. Does anyone have a method for this? Is there a log file we could query to generate these number? Has anyone added a web page analytics thing to get this kind of usage information? We are on 3.00.06, moving to 3.2 soon. Thank you Agnes Hi Agnes, You may need to try a couple of different methods to get at the different kinds of information you're looking for. A statistic like how many times was the main page accessed? is probably best answered by looking at the log files for the web server and running them through software designed to analyze web server logs. So, Apache log files if your web server runs Apache (it probably does). Your web log may also have a lot to say about the kinds of searches being made. A statistic like number of holds might be better exposed through a SQL query, particularly if you wanted to combine that with questions like who placed holds? and on what?. Off the cuff, I don't know the syntax you'd need for any of that, but it might be in the community's SQL report wiki, found at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SQL_Reports_Library. In any case, a lot of useful things are there. If you come up with some clever new SQL query to get at your desired info, please contribute it there. Hope that helps, Greg ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
