This document discusses tools for analyzing usage data from IBM Connections. It introduces PIWIK, an open source web analytics tool, and describes several PIWIK plugins. The Private IP Map plugin allows mapping private IP addresses to regions to enable regional analytics. The Connections Usage Analysis plugin provides dashboards and visualizations of Connections metrics stored in a PIWIK database by the ConnectionsMetricsReporter Java service, which collects these metrics from the Connections server. The plugin features various reports, comparisons of usage over time, and customizations.

1. Statistics & Trends for
IBM Connections
TIMETOACT Plugin for PIWIK
based on IBM Connections Metrics

2. Agenda
What is Piwik
Private IP Map
Connections Usage Analysis
PIWIK Dashboard
Connections Usage Visualization Plugin
ConnectionsMetricsReporter
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3. What is PIWIK ?
PIWIK is a real time Web Analytics software
It is a free and on premise alternative to Google Analytics and
other products used on more than 320.000 websites
PIWIK is written in PHP and uses a MySQL databse to track
website traffic
It can be set up in 5 minutes
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4. Private IP Map
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5. Private IP Map - Overview
Problem
Conventional Website Analysis does
not support regional analysis due to
private IP addresses
Where are my users from?
Where do I need to invest in marketing
etc. ?
Solution
Custom PIWIK plugin
Allows the user to define a region
to IP address mapping
Mappings are defined in a CSV file
Visitors are tracked both by country
and by region
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6. Private IP Map
All visits to piwik will be tracked
according to the mapping file
Visitors by country can be seen
in the "Countries" and "Regions"
plugin
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7. Connections Usage Analysis
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8. Piwik Dashboard
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9. Connections Plugin Overview
Displays Connections metrics stored in the database
Allows the user to pick the metric and date range he wants to see
Easy comparison of different metrics during the same time span
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10. Connections Plugin Layout
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11. Connections plugin - Reporting tab
Shows various interesting statistics such as
Total number of users
Activity entries
Personal files and more
Serves as an entry point for the application
Most used metrics in one view
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12. Connections Plugin - Usage tab
Compare user logins per feature
Development of logins per feature over time
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13. Connections Plugin - Feature tabs
Complete list of all available Connections metrics grouped by
feature
Easy comparison of different metrics
Development of Connections metrics over time
Possibility to pick date ranges from past months (not available in
Connections)
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14. Connections Plugin - Metric Customization
Every graph allows the user to change the displayed metrics
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15. Connections Plugin - Graph Picker
All features allow users to pick the number of graphs to show
Every graph can be configured individually to show different
metrics and different date ranges
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16. Connections Plugin – Merge / Replace tools
These tools are available for all tabs of the plugin
Replacing graphs swaps their position on the page
Merging graphs combines all metrics of both graphs in one new
graph
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17. Connections Plugin - Configuration
Piwik administrators can configure the default layout of all tabs
and graphs
Configuration is global for all users and all websites (if tracking
several Connections sites)
Users can temporarily change their graph configurations, but it
will not be saved
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18. ConnectionsMetricsReporter Overview
Java servlet running on the Connections WAS Server
Collects Connections metrics and transmits them to the Piwik
database
Easy installation and configuration (less than 10 minutes)
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19. ConnectionsMetricsReporter Screenshot
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20. Thank You
Felix Binsack, Felix.Binsack@TIMETOACT.DE, Tel.: +49 221 97343 10
TIMETOACT GROUP, Im Mediapark 2, 50670 Köln, WWW.TIMETOACT.DE