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Tracking page hits via URL ids per account login with ColdFusion 10
I need the ability to track which types of utilities and reports are used the most and least on my site. It's a specific section of my site, not the whole site and these are usually through the main subfolder under www.domain.com/reports/.
The different type of reports are all visible through the URL, here is an example of what an account under 123 ID would pull up based on a specific report
https://www.domain.com/reports/abcreport.cfm?mainaction=formpage&accountid=2523300&customer=ABC%20INC%2E%20CONSOLIDATED&matrixnumber=1621&reporttype=DEP
Essentially I want to be able to access how many times each account accessed their report, how many times a particular report was accessed and which types exactly. Would it be easier to use google analytics to track usage on each type of report or would it be better if I did it off of ColdFusion? What I'm looking for is advice on the best approach to handle this to get the type of data I want in the least time possible in terms of implementation and most accurate.
The different type of reports are all visible through the URL, here is an example of what an account under 123 ID would pull up based on a specific report
https://www.domain.com/reports/abcreport.cfm?mainaction=formpage&accountid=2523300&customer=ABC%20INC%2E%20CONSOLIDATED&matrixnumber=1621&reporttype=DEP
Essentially I want to be able to access how many times each account accessed their report, how many times a particular report was accessed and which types exactly. Would it be easier to use google analytics to track usage on each type of report or would it be better if I did it off of ColdFusion? What I'm looking for is advice on the best approach to handle this to get the type of data I want in the least time possible in terms of implementation and most accurate.
The answer depends on a few things...
Is the application accessed from an intranet or the Internet?
Are you using Windows Authentication or a database backend for Access Control?
Are you interested in obtaining web analytics information or just report access information?
If the application is accessed from the Internet, is it at a hosting provider?
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Application is accessed from internet.
Database backend for access control.
Mainly report access information.
Hosted in-house on dedicated server Windows 2008 IIS 7
Database backend for access control.
Mainly report access information.
Hosted in-house on dedicated server Windows 2008 IIS 7
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