GetUsageData is always returning Null

Question

Let me first start out by stating that I know there are many questions on this issue, and I have read them all. However, none of the suggestions that I have read have seemed to help my situation. Therefore, I figure I would supply my code with the hopes
that someone can solve the issue that is mentioned in the title. Let me first supply a little bit of background.
My goal in this code is to determine what are the most visited sites in our SharePoint 2010 farm. To do this, I figured I would cycle through all of the webs in the farm, and then obtain the amount of page views within each site using the GetUsageData function.
Just to test if the GetUsageData was supplying the correct data, I coded the web part in such a way where if GetUsageData returned "Null", it would print it for every site, and "Not Null" if otherwise. In every case I have tested this web part, it has always
returned Null for evey site it has checked.
I am fairly new to programming web parts in C#, so a lot of this code is derived from what I have read when researching the subject. If anyone can assist me to see where I could fix my issue, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
Below is my Code:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
//This code has been derived from the following link: http://blog.rafelo.com/2008/07/22/iterating-through-sharepoint-web-applications-site-collections-and-sites-webs/
namespace WebAnalyticsTest.Test
[ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
public class Test : WebPart
//For testing purposes. More is explained further in the code.
int test;
ArrayList totalHitsArray = new ArrayList();
int totalHits;
DataGrid grid = null;
public void BeginProcess()
// Get references to the farm and farm WebService objects
// the SPWebService object contains the SPWebApplications
SPFarm thisFarm = SPFarm.Local;
SPWebService service = thisFarm.Services.GetValue<SPWebService>("");
foreach (SPWebApplication webApp in service.WebApplications)
//Execute any logic you need to against the web application
//Iterate through each site collection
foreach (SPSite siteCollection in webApp.Sites)
//do not let SharePoint handle the access denied
//exceptions. If one occurs you will be redirected
//in the middle of the process. Handle the AccessDenied
//exception yourself in a try-catch block
siteCollection.CatchAccessDeniedException = false;
try
//Execute any logic you need to against the site collection
//Call the recursive method to get all of the sites(webs)
GetWebs(siteCollection.AllWebs);
catch (Exception webE)
//You should log the error for reference
//reset the CatchAccessDeniedException property of the site
//collection to true
siteCollection.CatchAccessDeniedException = true;
public void GetWebs(SPWebCollection allWebs)
//iterate through each site(web)
foreach (SPWeb web in allWebs)
if(web.Exists)
//For every site the program finds, the count will increase by one. If this code is executed by a user who does not have
//full control, then the count will be inaccurate as it will only return the number of sites the user can access.
test += 1;
DataTable table = web.GetUsageData(Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUsageReportType.browser, Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPUsagePeriodType.lastMonth);
if (table == null)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("Null");
else
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("Not Null");
protected override void CreateChildControls()
BeginProcess();

Answer 1

Hi, Shiladitya.
Sorry I haven't replied until now. I'll paste the current code I am using, but my solution is not yet complete. What it does as of right now is it creates a data table with all of the webs located in your farm, as well as the total amount of page views for
each web. What I noticed though is that when I compare these stats with the web analytics for the specific web, they don't match. I put the project on hold for this reason, and I might start it back up again soon. Feel free to use the code, and perhaps you
maybe can shed some light on my issue.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
//This code has been derived from the following link: http://blog.rafelo.com/2008/07/22/iterating-through-sharepoint-web-applications-site-collections-and-sites-webs/
namespace WebAnalyticsTest.Test
[ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
public class Test : WebPart
//For the total amount of hits for a single web
int totalHits;
//The final data table that will be added to.
DataTable final = new DataTable();
//Size of the data table
int finalSize = 0;
//The grid that will be displayed
DataGrid grid = new DataGrid();
public void BeginProcess()
//To allow users with lower permissions to view the proper content, the code must be used with RunWithElevatedPrivileges.
SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
// Get references to the farm and farm WebService objects
// the SPWebService object contains the SPWebApplications
SPFarm thisFarm = SPFarm.Local;
SPWebService service = thisFarm.Services.GetValue<SPWebService>("");
foreach (SPWebApplication webApp in service.WebApplications)
//Execute any logic you need to against the web application
//Iterate through each site collection
foreach (SPSite siteCollection in webApp.Sites)
//do not let SharePoint handle the access denied
//exceptions. If one occurs you will be redirected
//in the middle of the process. Handle the AccessDenied
//exception yourself in a try-catch block
siteCollection.CatchAccessDeniedException = false;
try
//Execute any logic you need to against the site collection
//Call the recursive method to get all of the sites(webs)
GetWebs(siteCollection.AllWebs);
catch (Exception webE)
//Place any error logic here
//reset the CatchAccessDeniedException property of the site
//collection to true
siteCollection.CatchAccessDeniedException = true;
public void GetWebs(SPWebCollection allWebs)
//iterate through each site(web)
foreach (SPWeb web in allWebs)
if (web.Exists)
DataTable table = web.GetUsageData(SPUsageReportType.url, SPUsagePeriodType.lastMonth);
if (table != null)
//Determines the total amount of hits for a single web
foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
int num = System.Convert.ToInt32(row["Total Hits"]);
totalHits = totalHits + num;
//Temporarily stores the total hits with the associated web.
DataTable temp = new DataTable();
temp.Columns.Add("Site", typeof(string));
temp.Columns.Add("Total Views", typeof(int));
temp.Rows.Add(web.Title, totalHits);
//Merges the data table "temp" to the data table "final"
final.Merge(temp);
//Data table size increases by one.
finalSize += 1;
//Resets the total hit counter
totalHits = 0;
protected override void CreateChildControls()
BeginProcess();
//Sorts the data table bases on the total hits
final.DefaultView.Sort = "Total Views DESC";
//The total amount of pages to show is 10. Therefore, only execute this If statement if the final's size > 10.
if (finalSize > 10)
//Data table of the top ten most viewed pages. This data table will be used in the data grid "grid"
DataTable topTen = final.Clone();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
topTen.ImportRow(final.Rows[i]);
grid.DataSource = topTen;
else
grid.DataSource = final;
grid.DataBind();
this.Controls.Add(grid);
ListBox list = new ListBox();