I want to report portal activity using APEX...

I think if I could figure out how to access the portal log files with APEX, I could create end-user reports - i.e. page views, item views, content contribution, etc....
Can anyone direct me to any documentation or anything that might assist me?
Thanks in advance

Hi, No but there are many 3rd party apps in the app store but it all depends what activity you need to monitor or log

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Check the database table WCR_WEBCONTENTSTAT, and see if any data is being generated. This will determine if the problem is data generation or the reporting of the data.
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If there is data, check the aggregationlevel field and the timestamp of the data, and create a report for this period and aggregation level. For example, if the aggregation level is "q" generate a quarterly report for the time period.
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Does anyone out there know if SAP has or plans in the near future to deliver Portal Activity Reporting content via SAP Business Warehouse?
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Dear Portalites,
I am confiuring a Portal Activity Reporting iView. And I have some fundamental issues
The Environment
A. Webdynpro Java Applications running on normal Enterprise Portal Environment
B. Custom Built JAVA applications runing on URL iViews
The Requirements
A. wants Username, date, time, page name (meaningful name for us), session id , browser type (User Agent u2013 to track if the app is accessed using iPad or Desktop).
B. wants number of users accesing an application, technically consisting of several applications provided to users via webdynpro iViews.
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. For "B" the report shows anonymous users. What are they? in fact the number of hits for anonymous users are more that authentcated sers. I have all my anonymous users locked. I am finding hard to explaint t for the audits.
. For "B" tried configuring "Details about the users who logged on", but it shows all the users outside the time zone as well!
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> the number of hits for anonymous users are more that authentcated sers.
> I have all my anonymous users locked.
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Hi Craig
Gives good stats around the Users Logged on (or is it really sessions!) as well as PCD contents that are accessed by end users. So for example if you wanted to know which particular iViews arent being used much by end users you could revisit them and look at changing them or removing them.
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I am working on EP 7.0 SP 18. I have created an Activity Report iView to track which users have used my WebDynpro application.My Wedynpro application is on a page and the Monitor User property of the page is also turned on.
I am able to see the data for some days but it does not show any data for the later days.
What could be the problem? The raw data gets saved in the portal database.Is there any limit to the data that can be stored.I configured my Service to save data every 5 minutes.
Pls Help.
Warm Regards
Saurabh

Try taking the report every hour or so Rather than every 5 minutes .. as far as i know there is No limit to the amount of portal activity that you can store other than the actual size of the database ..
other than that i am pasting a few links which you might know but might still be of some use to you . ..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/47/873c9dc84a199ce10000000a42189d/frameset.htm
In the link below this topic has already been discussed but not the detail you are requesting ...
Portal Actvity reporting
and
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/de/b5/c652070d474533a18a930112a4b926/frameset.htm
Regards ,
Manthan.

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swapna,
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