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This is a a loosely organized collection of notes and links for the Stats feature design. (Note: this is for the new stats system only - there's an existing legacy system too.)
 
This is a a loosely organized collection of notes and links for the Stats feature design. (Note: this is for the new stats system only - there's an existing legacy system too.)
  
[http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124 Bug 124]
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[[Project_Teams#Site_statistics|Stats project team]]
  
[[Project_Teams#Site_statistics|Stats project team]] (we're recruiting)
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== Table definitions ==
 
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Table definitions:
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<source lang="sql">CREATE TABLE statkeylist (
 
<source lang="sql">CREATE TABLE statkeylist (
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)</source>
 
)</source>
  
Storing statistics: [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/cgi-bin/DW/StatStore.pm DW::StatStore]
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== Storing and retrieving statistics ==
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[https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/cgi-bin/DW/StatStore.pm DW::StatStore]
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== Statistics items ==
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/cgi-bin/DW/StatData.pm DW::StatData]
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/cgi-bin/DW/StatData/ DW::StatData::*]
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== Collecting statistics ==
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This works by massaging, aggregating, and or compiling (as appropriate) data from various places and storing the results using DW::StatStore.
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1. [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/etc/stats-collection.conf etc/stats-collection.conf] should contain something like:
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<source lang="text">## collect and store all stats under the accounts category
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## hangs if you don't enclose the asterisk in quotes
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# accounts: "*"
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## collect and store only these stats under the accounts category
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# accounts: [ identity, personal, redirect ]
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accounts: "*"
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active: "*"
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paid: "*"
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</source>
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2. [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/bin/worker/stats-collection bin/worker/stats-collection] is the utility that handles stats collection. Run at least once per 24 hours, either from your crontab or by listing it in [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/etc/workers.conf etc/workers.conf].
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3. (only needed if you chose to use [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/etc/workers.conf etc/workers.conf]): add a line to the "all" section reading:
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<source lang="text">  stats-collection: 1
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</source>(note: this is for development only, as it assumes you only have one server - in production environments, you will usually list it in the section for a specific server)
  
Statistics: [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/cgi-bin/DW/StatData.pm DW::StatData] and [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/cgi-bin/DW/StatData/ DW::StatData::*]
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== Displaying statistics ==
  
Collecting statistics: [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/bin/worker/stats-collection bin/worker/stats-collection] and [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/c2251ce4caf8/etc/stats-collection.conf etc/stats-collection.conf]
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/views/stats/site.tt views/stats/site.tt] (public stats)
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/views/admin/stats.tt views/admin/stats.tt] (restricted stats)
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/cgi-bin/DW/Controller/SiteStats.pm DW::Controller::SiteStats.pm] (the stats page controller for both public and restricted stats)
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* [https://github.com/dreamwidth/dw-free/blob/develop/cgi-bin/DW/Controller/Graphs.pm DW::Controller::Graphs.pm] (the stats graphs controller for both public and restricted stats)
  
Displaying statistics: [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/htdocs/stats/ htdocs/stats/*] (public stats) and [http://hg.dwscoalition.org/dw-free/file/67e1042df080/htdocs/admin/stats.bml htdocs/admin/stats.bml] (restricted stats)
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[[Category: Development]]

Latest revision as of 10:08, 4 August 2014

Needs Update: This page has been found in need of an update. Information may be wrong or outdated!

This is a a loosely organized collection of notes and links for the Stats feature design. (Note: this is for the new stats system only - there's an existing legacy system too.)

Stats project team

Table definitions

CREATE TABLE statkeylist (
    statkeyid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, 
    name VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, 
 
    PRIMARY KEY (statkeyid), 
    UNIQUE KEY (name) 
)
 
CREATE TABLE site_stats ( 
    category_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, 
    key_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, 
    insert_time INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, 
    VALUE INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, 
 
    -- FIXME: This is good for retrieving data for a single category+key, but 
    -- maybe not as good if we want all keys for the category, with a limit on 
    -- time (ie, last 5 entries, or last 2 weeks). Do we need an extra index? 
    INDEX (category_id, key_id, insert_time) 
)

Storing and retrieving statistics

DW::StatStore

Statistics items

Collecting statistics

This works by massaging, aggregating, and or compiling (as appropriate) data from various places and storing the results using DW::StatStore.

1. etc/stats-collection.conf should contain something like:

## collect and store all stats under the accounts category
## hangs if you don't enclose the asterisk in quotes
# accounts: "*"
## collect and store only these stats under the accounts category
# accounts: [ identity, personal, redirect ]
accounts: "*"
active: "*"
paid: "*"

2. bin/worker/stats-collection is the utility that handles stats collection. Run at least once per 24 hours, either from your crontab or by listing it in etc/workers.conf.

3. (only needed if you chose to use etc/workers.conf): add a line to the "all" section reading:

  stats-collection: 1
(note: this is for development only, as it assumes you only have one server - in production environments, you will usually list it in the section for a specific server)

Displaying statistics