Portlet Views - Preferences

The Portlet Views portlet reports the number of portlet uses per portlet. A use is defined as any user activity that causes a request to the server, such as selecting a link or clicking a button. The following sections describe the attributes that you can set to customize the report.

Note: The graphic chart displays a maximum of 25 data points, beginning with the first in time. For example, if you configure settings for a bar chart report for a duration of 3 days and group by hour, your request is for 72 data points; only the first 25 hours are displayed in the bar chart. However, when you export data for the report to Excel, the report includes all 72 data points.

Display Options

These settings allow you to specify the display format and to select the portlets to appear in the report.

You can choose to display your report in the following formats:

You can select the following sets of portlets or specify your own custom set.  
 

Selection

Description

Top Portlets

Displays the portlets that have been used most. You can specify that you want to display the top 5, 10, 15, or 20 portlets.

Bottom Portlets

Displays the portlets that have been used least. You can specify that you want to display the bottom 5, 10, 15, or 20 portlets. Portlets with no uses are not included in this report.

All Portlets

Displays all portlets. Only available in tabular view.

Specify Portlets

Displays usage metrics for a specific portlet or multiple portlets. When you select this option, click Browse to choose the portlets you want to display.

 
You can specify the following metrics.
 

Option

Description

Activity

Displays the usage activity for the portlet(s) selected during the filtered time period.

Users

Displays the unique users for the portlet(s) selected during the filtered time period.

Filter Options

You can filter the report according to the following properties.

Filter Type

Description

Date Range

Allows you to filter data based on a range of dates. If you select Specify date range, you can choose the start and end date.

Authentication Source

Allows you to filter data based on the authentication source.

User Property

Allows you to filter data based on the user properties defined in your portal. After selecting the desired property, select Contains or Not Contains and the property value you by which you want to filter.

Grouping Options

If multiple portlets are selected, the data is automatically grouped by portlet name. In addition, you can group reported data according to the following attributes.

Property

Description

Time Interval

This option groups the data by the selected time period. A line chart must have a time interval group by parameter selected.

User Property

This option groups the data by the selected user property. Users are grouped by the property value in their user profile.

Note: The tabular, line, and bar charts are two-dimensional and, therefore, can be grouped by two attributes. The pie chart is one-dimensional and can be grouped by only one attribute. Thus, at times both Grouping By options are allowed; at other times, only one Grouping By option is allowed.

Reporting Options

Enter a title for the report display and specify whether to allow users to export reports. You can also specify whether to allow users to enter custom date ranges.

Managing Access to Plumtree Analytics Portlets

Plumtree Analytics portlets are intended to make usage metrics visible to a limited set of users who perform particular business functions, such as capacity planning, QoS analysis, ROI analysis, "best bet" customization for Search, and the like. Portal administrators should create a special administrative group and manage group membership to ensure only a limited number of users can access the portlets created from the Plumtree Analytics Portlet Templates. Guest users should never be allowed to add Analytics portlets.

For information on creating portlets from portlet templates, see the Administrator Guide for Plumtree Corporate Portal.

For information on creating administrative groups and managing user and guest access, see the Administrator Guide for Plumtree Corporate Portal.