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Provides a space to type the host name of the FTP server.


Provides a space to type a user name for the FTP server.


Provides a space to type a password for the FTP server.


Provides a space to type the path and file name of the log file to import.


Provides a space to type a data source name (DSN).


Provides a space to type the name of the table into which the database is logging. If you are uncertain about the name of the table, check with your database administrator or open the database tables until you find the one that contains log data.


Provides a space to type a user name for the ODBC database.


Provides a space to type a password for the ODBC database.


Lists tasks you can add.


Lists the log files that are scheduled to be imported in this session.


Lists log data sources that you have set up in the Server Manager and for which you can import log files.


Lists options for accessing log files.


Provides a space to type a path and file name for the log files you want to import. Separate log files with quotation marks and a space, for example, "logfile1" "logfile2".


Click to locate a path and file name for the log files you want to import. Separate log files with quotation marks and a space, for example, "logfile1" "logfile2".


Lists date variables. You can type a date variable in the file name for the log files if you want to automate the process of identifying which files to import. However, you must coordinate with the naming and dating system used by your server.


Click to add log files in the Log path box to the list of log files to be imported.


Click to delete log files in the Log path box from the list of log files to be imported.


It is not necessary to provide any information to schedule an IP resolution task.


It is not necessary to provide any information to schedule a Whois query task.


Lists the filter for the HTML title lookup. The default is Title="" which asks to resolve any entries in the database that lack titles. If your HTML titles change, you can perform an HTML title lookup using the filter Title="*". This causes Usage Import to request all HTML files, thereby replacing old titles with new titles.


Type or select the dimension you want to add as the filter name.


Select the operator you want to use in the filter.


Type or select the value you want to use in the filter.


Click to add the filter you created in the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes to the list of filters.


Provides a space to type a path and file name of the report definition you want to run. Report definition files have a .mfa extension.


Click to locate a path and file name of the report definition you want to run. Report definition files have a .mfa extension.


Provides a space to type a path and file name for the report that will be created when the task is performed. You can type a date variable in the file name if you want a unique report file to be created every time the job runs. Otherwise, the report file will be overwritten.


Click to locate a path and file name for the report that will be created when the task is performed. You can type a date variable in the file name if you want a unique report file to be created every time the job runs. Otherwise, the report file will be overwritten.


Lists date variables. You can type a date variable in the report file name if you want a unique report file to be created every time the job runs. Otherwise, the report file will be overwritten.


Lists the filter by which you want to delete requests. The acceptable names delete request filters consist of time and site properties. For example, the filter Date < 1/1/97 would delete requests from before January 1, 1997.


Type or select the dimension you want to add as the filter name.


Select the operator you want to use in the filter.


Type or select the value you want to use in the filter.


Click to add the filter you created in the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes to the list of filters.


Provides a space to type the path and file name of the Microsoft® Access database you want to compact.


Click to locate and specify the Microsoft® Access database you want to compact.


Provides a space to type a path of the directory for the log files.


Lists folders in the directory.


Lists folders in the directory.


Lists drives from which you can select.


Click to create a new folder.


Click to map a network drive.


Lists server types. If you select Auto Detect when you set up the log data source associated with this server, World Wide Web will be the default server type. If, however, you choose a log file format that is associated with a different server type, the correct server type will automatically be specified.


Provides a space for you to type directory index files (the files that the physical server returns when a visitor to your site requests a directory). During import, Usage Import compiles all requests for these files as requests for the directory. This prevents requests for the same file from being counted multiple times. Type all files that your physical server has configured.


Provides a space for you to type the IP address for the server. If you choose to exclude hosts, the IP address will automatically be added to the list of excluded hosts.


Specifies the port for the IP address. Typically, it is not necessary to change the default setting (80 for Web servers; 23 for FTP servers).


Lists time zones. Select the time zone of the physical server where your content is hosted.


Provides a space for you to type the domain name used on the local network of the hardware hosting your content. This is useful if you want users from your own organization to be identified when you perform Whois queries. If you use a hosting service, type the domain of your hosting service. If you host your site, type your own organization’s domain.


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Lists the filter by which you want to delete requests. The acceptable names delete request filters consist of time and site properties. For example, the filter Date < 1/1/97 would delete requests from before January 1, 1997. You can type a filter in this box or you can add a filter using the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes. Separate filters by typing and or or.


Assists in building a filter. Select a dimension name, operator, and value, and then click Add to add the filter.


Type or select the dimension you want to add as the filter name.


Select the operator you want to use in the filter.


Type or select the value you want to use in the filter.


Click to add the filter you created in the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes to the list of filters.


Click to begin deleting requests.


Lists the filter for the HTML title lookup. The default is Title="", which asks to resolve any entries in the database that lack titles. If your HTML titles change, you can perform an HTML title lookup using the filter Title="*". This causes Usage Import to request all HTML files, thereby replacing old titles with new titles. You can type a filter in this box or you can add a filter using the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes. Separate filters by typing and or or.


Assists in building a filter. Select a dimension name, operator, and value, and then click Add to add the filter.


Type or select the dimension you want to add as the filter name.


Select the operator you want to use in the filter.


Type or select the value you want to use in the filter.


Click to add the filter you created in the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes to the list of filters.


Click to start an HTML title lookup.


Provides a space for you to type home page URLs for this site. If your site has multiple home page URLs, type all of them. Home page URLs distinguish internal and external referrers during import; the first URL is used to create a link to the site in HTML reports.


Provides a space to type a directory for the content for your sites. This is necessary if you are setting up multiple sites under a server, unless you want this site to act as the default site.


Provides a space to type the hosts to exclude from import for this site. This is useful if you want to exclude certain kinds of requests (from employees, for example, or from software testers). You can specify any host to exclude, although this feature is typically used to exclude internal hosts.


Provides a space to type the file types to exclude from import for this site. The default settings cause inline images (the decorative images on a page) to be excluded. You can type any file extension to exclude.


Lists log file formats supported by Analysis.


Specifies whether crawlers will be excluded from import, which allows you to prevent hits by Internet search engines, robots, and any other user agent from being imported.


Provides a space to type a directory for log files. Before an import, you will automatically be directed to this directory to identify the log file to import.


Click to locate and specify a directory for log files. Before an import, you will automatically be directed to this directory to identify the log file to import.


Provides a space to type the HTTP proxy, which is necessary if you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server on your local area network and you want to perform HTML title lookups.


Provides a space to type the HTTP port, which is necessary if you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server on your local area network and you want to perform HTML title lookups.


Provides a space to type the FTP proxy, which is necessary if you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server on your local area network and you want to import log files from an FTP server.


Provides a space to type the FTP port, which is necessary if you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server on your local area network and you want to import log files from an FTP server.


Provides a space to type the domain of your Domain Name System (DNS) server, which is necessary if you are connecting to the Internet through a proxy server on your local area network and you want to perform IP resolution.


Lists the crawlers to be excluded if you enable the Exclude Crawlers option. The default list includes the major crawlers excluded by the major Web auditing organizations.


Specifies the number of domain parts that will be parsed. If your site is large (for example, a large intranet with many subdomains), you may want to define organizations further down a domain tree. This allows the data in your database to be more specific regarding the origin of a request from a user and is useful if you want to identify intranets during import.


Provides a space for you to type a destination folder for reports. When you run a report, you will be routed to the default destination folder you specify.


Click to locate and select a destination folder for reports. When you run a report, you will be routed to the default destination folder you select.


Provides a space for you to type a destination folder for report definitions. When you save a report definition you have created or modified, you will be routed to the default destination folder you specify.


Click to locate and select a destination folder for report definitions. When you save a report definition you have created or modified, you will be routed to the default destination folder you select.


Specifies that calculations will be cached, which causes the results of the calculation to be stored in a file in the cache folder. This file will then be used by any report that contains the same calculation. The file will be removed if you import a log file that contains data that conflicts with the data in the file.


Specifies that calculations will not be cached.


Provides a space for you to type a folder for calculations that are cached.


Click to locate and select a folder into which calculations will be cached.


Provides a space for you to type a maximum size for the calculation cache.


Click to clear the calculation cache.


Specifies whether a list of definitions will appear at the end of reports.


Lists options for how graphs are shaded.


When you run a report that contains graphs, a file with the extension .gif is created for each graph. This box lists the options for the case of the file names.


These options allow you to display or hide the analysis information section of a report header in reports and, if you display it, control various text properties.


Specifies whether the analysis information section of report headers will appear in the report.


Select a font for the analysis information section of report headers.


Displays the color of the text of the analysis information section of report headers.


Displays the color of the text of the analysis information section of report headers.


Click to select a color for the text of the analysis information section of report headers.


Type or select a font size for the analysis information section of report headers.


Displays the background color of the report.


Displays the background color of the report.


Click to select a color for the background of the report.


Type the file name and path for the report you are running or click Browse to search for and select the path and file name.


Click Browse to search for and select the path and file name for the report you are running.


Click to associate a template with the report you are running. A template must already exist before you can use this feature.


Lists the formats you can use when you run a report.


Type the file name and path for the template you want to associate with the report you are running. A template must already exist before you can use this feature.


Click to locate a path and file name for the template you want to associate with the report you are running. A template must already exist before you can use this feature.


Specifies whether the job is active.


These options control how often the job runs.


These options control how often the job runs.


Provides a space to type a time for the job to start running. Use a 12-hour format (for example, 11:00:00 A.M. or 2:00:00 P.M.).


Provides a space to type a path and file name for the message log file, into which information about the results of the job will automatically be inserted once the job runs. You can type a data variable in the file name if you want a unique message log file to be created every time the job runs. Otherwise, messages will be appended to the end of the file.


Click to locate a path and file name for the message log file, into which information about the results of the job will automatically be inserted once the job runs.


Lists date variables. You can type a date variable in the file name if you want a unique message log file to be created every time the job runs. Otherwise, messages will be appended to the end of the file.


Specifies the description of the calculation or provides a space for you to type a description.


Click to edit the appearance of the name of this calculation. You can display or hide the name; if you display the name, you can control its text properties (font size, type, color, and whether it is bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of the description of this calculation. You can display or hide the description; if you display it, you can control its text properties (font size, type, color, and whether it is bold or italic), and background color.


These options allow you to control various text properties of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Type or select a font for the calculation name or description.


Displays the color of the text of the item you clicked in the upper portion of this dialog box (the calculation name or description).


Click to select a color for the text in the calculation name or description.


Type or select a font size for the calculation name or description.


Specifies whether the calculation name or description is bold.


Specifies whether the calculation name or description is italicized.


Specifies whether the calculation name or description will appear in the report.


Displays the background color of the calculation name or description.


Click to select a color for the background of the calculation name or description.


Specifies whether a gridline will appear around the calculation name and description.


Provides options for limiting and sorting the data that appears in the presentation for this dimension.


Lists options for limiting the data that appears in the presentation for this dimension. For example, you can limit the results for a dimension to the top 10 percent or the bottom 15 items. In the left box, select either Top or Bottom; in the middle box, type the integer you want (for example, 10). In the box on the right, select the measurement you want: Items or Percent.


Lists options for limiting the data that appears in the presentation for this dimension. For example, you can limit the results for a dimension to the top 10 percent or the bottom 15 items. In the left box, select either Top or Bottom; in the middle box, type the integer you want (for example, 10). In the box on the right, select the measurement you want: Items or Percent.


Lists options for sorting the presentation by the values in the presentation (if you select the First Measure option) or alphabetically by the dimension items in the presentation (if you select the Dimension option). The results will be in ascending (if you limited the dimension’s results by the top number of items or percent) or descending order (if you limited the dimension’s results by the bottom number of items or percent).


Lists options for summarizing a dimension in a table.


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Opens the Report Writer catalog, from which you can edit and run report definitions.


Allows you to choose from a list of report definitions that have recently been run.


Lists report definitions that have recently been run.


Lists information regarding log files that have been imported.


Click to edit the appearance of the titles of row dimensions. You can display or hide the titles; if you display them, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of row numbers in the table. You can display or hide row numbers; if you display them, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of row dimensions. You can display or hide the dimensions; if you display them, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of the titles of column dimensions. You can display or hide the titles; if you display the titles, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of column dimensions. You can display or hide the dimensions; if you display them, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of the titles of measures. You can display or hide the titles; if you display the titles, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of measures. You can display or hide the measures; if you display them, you can control their text properties (font size, type, color, and whether they are bold or italic), and background color.


These options allow you to control various text properties of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Type or select a font for the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Type or select a font size for the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Specifies whether the text of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box is bold.


Specifies whether the text of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box is italicized.


Displays the color of the text of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Displays the color of the text of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Click to select a color for the text of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Specifies whether the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box will appear in the table.


Displays the background color of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Click to select a color for the background of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Specifies whether a gridline will appear around the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


If you have Title as a dimension in this report definition and if you performed an HTML title lookup, this option specifies that the file name will appear in the table only if the document title was not found in the HTML title lookup.


If you have Title as a dimension in this report definition and if you performed an HTML title lookup, this option specifies that both the document title and the file name will appear in the table.


Lists options for displaying measures in a table.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum number of rows in the table.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum number of columns in the table.


Specifies the filter or filters you have added to this section. You can type a filter in this box or you can add a filter using the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes. Separate filters by typing and or or.


Assists in building a filter. Select a dimension name, operator, and value, and then click Add to add the filter.


Type or select the dimension you want to add as the filter name.


Select the operator you want to use in the filter.


Type or select the value you want to use in the filter.


Click to add the filter you created in the Dimension, Operator, and Value boxes to the list of filters.


Click to view examples of filters.


Specifies the description of the section or provides a space for you to type a description. (You must also choose to display the description in the Header Presentation tab.)


Click to edit the appearance of the name of this section. You can display or hide the name; if you display the name, you can control its text properties (font size, type, color, and whether it is bold or italic), and background color.


Click to edit the appearance of the description of this section. You can display or hide the description; if you display the description, you can control its text properties (font size, type, color, and whether it is bold or italic), and background color.


These options allow you to control various text properties of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Select a font for the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Displays the color of the text in the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Displays the color of the text in the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Click to select a color for the text in the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Type or select a font size for the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Specifies whether the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box is bold.


Specifies whether the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box is italicized.


Specifies whether the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box will appear in the report.


Displays the background color of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Click to select a color for the background of the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


Specifies whether a gridline will appear around the element you selected in the upper portion of this dialog box.


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