[analog-help] viewing sessions instead of page requests?

[Aengus]

David.Cochrane at inverclyde.gov.uk wrote:

>> I'm new to using analog and I'm finding a few things slightly
>> perplexing. I'm trying to find how many viewing sessions a
>> particular section of our site has had. Is there an easy way to get
>> actual viewing sessions rather than page requests? We're counting
>> every session for the same viewer individually.

Analog analyses log files. If there's a field in your logfile that indicates 
which "session" a particular line in the logfile belongs to, then Analog can 
report on that information - you would usually do this by defining that 
Session field as the User field, and turning on the User Report.

If your logfile doesn't include information about sessions, then Analog 
can't report on sessions.

>> I also need to
>> exclude certain visitor addresses but I think I understand how to do
>> this though confirmation would be useful.

You can exclude requests from specific IP addresses using the HOSTEXCLUDE 
command.

http://analog.cx/docs/include.html

Aengus