<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I missed the chat the other day, so
some of this may have been covered and dismissed already. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Tomcat has the capacity to output Apache-style
"combined" log files for all requests, including bitstreams.
There's a whole host of commercial, shareware and freeware products out
there designed to slice-and-dice these Apache log files and pull out all
the kinds of reports people seem to be talking about here. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The programs range from the very simple,
like Analog, to the extremely complex and expensive, like WebTrends Enterprise.
They can be configured to download the log files automatically and run
reports on a schedule, so that they're there when you come in in the morning.
They can incorporate various filters, resolve user IP addresses, analyze
request URL paths (which can be translated into collection and community
names), referers, logged-in users, user agents, etc. etc.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Rather than reinvent the wheel (and
this is an extremely complex wheel),I think for most users it would pay
to look at this approach unless there is something really esoteric about
your traffic that you are trying to get at. </font>
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Tom McGee<br>
Seton Hall University TLTC<br>
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