Summary
Column Definitions

Agent - Name - The agent string supplied by the browser when making a request. For more information on agent strings click here.

Argument - Name - An argument passed through a cgi or script.

Avg. Steps - Average Steps per Visit - For requests, the average of the step number within the visit on which this item was requested. For everything else, the average number of steps taken in visits associated with this item. Low numbers are early in the visit and high numbers are later in the visit. For more information on average steps click here.

Behavior - Behavior - List of dramatic rises, falls, and spikes in traffic in the last month.

Browser - Name with drill down - The name of the browser used by a visitor to access your site.

% of Bytes - Percent of Bytes - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Bytes - Bytes Bar Chart
Bytes /Day - Bytes per Day - The average number of bytes per day.
Bytes
KBytes
MBytes
GigaBytes
TeraBytes
PetaBytes - Bytes - The number of bytes of data transferred. Summary automatically picks an ending suitable for the actual number. Each of these is 1024 bigger than the last one.
BPS - Bits per Second - This is a rate of data transfer, common modems are capable of 33.6K or 56K BPS. A T1 line is 1.5 Meg BPS.

Bytes Read - Bytes Read - The number of bytes read from the log file. For compressed log files this field contains the number of bytes read after uncompressing the contents.

Code - Name - The HTTP results code returned by the server.

ColorDepth - Name - The color depth of the visitor's computer.

Cookie - Name - Enabled means that Cookies are enabled on the visitor's browser and Disabled means that they aren't.

Cookie - Name - A cookie returned to the server by the visitor's browser.

Crawl Date - Hits - Crawl Date - Hits - The most recent date that the given robot crawled this item, or the number of hits recieved by this item.

Range - Time range for histogram
Range - Range for histogram
Count - Hits Bar Chart
Count - Hits - The count column shows the number of events whose value falls within the range displayed in the "Range" column.

% of Cur Bytes - Percent of Current Bytes - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Cur Bytes - Current Bytes Bar Chart
Cur Bytes /Day - Current Bytes per Day - The average number of bytes transferred per day in the current period.
Cur Bytes /Week - Current Bytes per Week - The average number of bytes transferred in the most recent two to three weeks. For more information on current bytes click here.

Cur BPS - Current Bits per Second - The average data transfer rate, in bits per second, attributable to the current item, observed over the most recent two to three weeks

Domain - Name - The name of the virtual domain.

% of Cur Errors - Percent of Current Errors - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Cur Errors - Current Errors Bar Chart
Cur Errors /Day - Current Errors per Day - The average number of errors per day in the most recent two to three weeks.
Cur Errors /Week - Current Errors per Week - The average number of errors per week in the most recent two to three weeks. For more information on current errors click here.

% of Cur Hits - Percent of Current Hits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Cur Hits - Current Hits Bar Chart
Cur Hits /Day - Current Hits per Day - The average number of hits per day in the most recent two to three weeks.
Cur Hits /Week - Current Hits per Week - The average number of hits per week in the most recent two to three weeks. For more information on current hits click here.

% of Cur Visits - Percent of Current Hits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Cur Visits - Current Hits Bar Chart
Cur Visits /Day - Current Hits per Day - The average number of visits per day in the most recent two to three weeks.
Cur Visits /Week - Current Hits per Week - The average number of visits per week in the most recent two to three weeks. For more information on current visits click here.

% of Cur Pages - Percent of Current Hits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Cur Pages - Current Hits Bar Chart
Cur Pages /Day - Current Hits per Day - The average number of page requests per day in the most recent two to three weeks.
Cur Pages /Week - Current Hits per Week - The average number of page requests per week in the most recent two to three weeks. For more information on current pages click here.

Date - Date - The time period in question.

Days - The number of days in the time period.

Description - Description - Description of the meaning of the current item.

Destination - Name -
Destination - Name with drill down -
Destination - Name with drill down, blank if same -
Destination - Name with local Link -
Destination - Name with local Link, blank if same -
Destination - Name, blank if same - The page the visitor went to by clicking a link on the source page, or the image a visitor saw because it was referenced by the source page.

Directory - Name with drill down - The directory name. If you click on the directory name you will see the directory and all of it's subdirectories. If you click on the '*' you will see all of the files in that directory.

Domain - Name with drill down - The domain name of visitors.

% of Downloads - Percent of Downloads - The percentage represented by the item of the total of all items in the report.
Downloads /Day - Downloads per Day - The average number of downloads per day received by the item.
Downloads - Downloads Bar Chart
Downloads - Downloads - Displays the number of requests for downloads associated with the current item. Which requests are considered to be downloads is determined by the configuration setting called "Download file name extensions", on the Request Types configuration page.

Duration HH:MM:SS - Duration - The length of the gap in service.

% of Enters - Percent of Visit Enters - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Enters % of Hits - Enters percent of Hits - What percentage of requests for this item were the first request in a visit.
Enters - Visit Enters Bar Chart
Enters /Day - Visit Enters per Day - The average number of enters per day.
Enters - Visit Enters - The number of multi-page visits whose first non-graphic request was for the current item.

Entry Point - Source with drill down
Entry Point - Source, blank if same
Entry Point - Source - The request which started the visit.

% of Errors - Percent of Errors
Errors - Errors Bar Chart
Errors /Day - Errors per Day - The average number of errors per day.
Errors - Errors - The number of errors associated with the current item.

Error Growth - Error Growth - The increase, or decrease, in average hits in the current period compared to the average hits over the entire time being reported on. If there are twice as many hits/day in the current period as there are over all time that is a growth of 100%. If there are half as many hits/day in the current period as there are over all time that is a growth of -50%. Summary needs at least four weeks of data to calculate growth.

Error Growth - Error Growth Trend - A small icon indicating the general trend of increase/decrease in average hits during the current period compared to over the entire period being reported on. Summary needs at least four weeks of data to calculate growth.

% of Exits - Percent of Visit Exits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Exits % of Hits - Exits percent of Hits - What percentage of requests for this item were the last request in a visit.
Exits - Visit Exits Bar Chart
Exits /Day - Visit Exits per Day - The average number of exits per day.
Exits - Visit Exits - The number of multi-page visits whose final non-graphic request was for the current item.

Extension - Name with drill down - The file name extension. When you click on it you will get all the requests with that file name extension.

Failing Referrer - Name with Link, blank if same
Failing Referrer - Name with drill down - An external page that refers to content at your site that is missing or has other errors.

Filtered - Filtered Entries - Number of log entries which were not included in the reports. This can happen either because they matched an entry on the Filtering configuration page or their date was outside the range specified on the Time Units configuration page.

First Hit - First Hit Date
First Hit - First Hit Date and Time - The date of the earliest hit for the current item that appears in the logs.

Growth - Growth - The increase, or decrease, in average hits in the current period compared to over the entire time being reported on. If there are twice as many hits/day in the current period as there are over all time that is a growth of 100%. If there are half as many hits/day in the current period as there are over all time that is a growth of -50%. Summary needs at least four weeks of data to calculate growth.

Growth - The increase, or decrease, in the average daily value between the first period and the second period. If there are twice as many hits/day in the second period as there are in the first period that is a growth of 100%. If there are half as many hits/day in the second period as there are in the first period that is a growth of -50%.

Growth - Growth Trend - A small icon indicating the general trend of increase/decrease in average hits during the current period compared to over the entire period being reported on. Summary needs at least four weeks of data to calculate growth.

Growth - Growth Trend - A small icon indicating the general trend of increase/decrease in average daily value during the second period compared to the first period.

Cum. % of Hits - Cumulative Percent of Hits - The percent of the total of all the items in the report attributable to the current item and all of the items which have occurred before it in the report.
Hits % of Parent - Hits Percent of Parent - This only appears when you have a hierarchical report.
% of max Hits - Percent of Max Hits - The percentage that the current item is of the largest item in the report.
% of Hits - Percent of Hits - The percentage represented by the item of the total of all items in the report.
Hits - Hits Bar Chart
Hits /Day - Hits per Day - The average number of hits per day received by the current item.
Hits - Hits - The number of requests for the current item.

Cum. % of Visits - Cumulative Percent of Hits - The percent of the total of all the items in the report attributable to the current item and all of the items which have occurred before it in the report.
% of max Visits - Percent of Max Hits - The percentage that the current item is of the largest item in the report.
% of Visits - Percent of Hits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Visits - Hits Bar Chart
Visits /Day - Hits per Day - The average number of visits per day relatated to the current item.
Visits - Hits - The number of visits related to the current item.

Cum. % of Pages - Cumulative Percent of Hits - The percent of the total of all the items in the report attributable to the current item and all of the items which have occurred before it in the report.
% of max Pages - Percent of Max Hits - The percentage that the current item is of the largest item in the report.
% of Pages - Percent of Hits - The percentage of requests for the current item of the total requests for all items in the report.
Pages - Hits Bar Chart
Pages /Day - Hits per Day - The average number of requests per day received for the current item.
Pages - Hits - The number of requests for the current item.

Goals % of Visits - Goals percent of Hits Bar Chart
Goals % of Visits - Goals percent of Hits - The percentage of visits that contained a request for a goal item.
Goals % of Visits - Goals percent of Visits Bar Chart
Goals % of Visits - Goals percent of Visits - The percentage of visits that contained a request for a goal item.
Goals - Goals Bar Chart
Goals - Goals - The number of goals associated with the current item. For more information about goals click here.

Group - Group Name - The name of the content group.

Hijacks % of Hits - Hijack percentage of Visits -
Hijacks % of Visits - Hijack percentage of Visits - The percentage of visits that requested only graphics.
Hijacks - Hijacked Graphics Visits - The number of visits which requested only graphics. For more information on hijacks click here.

Hits - Hits - The number of requests during the given time period.

Hits Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time, Labeled
Hits Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time - A small graph of hits for the most recent 30 days, or for as many days as there is data if that number is less than 30. Each graph is scaled to fit the available space, which means that the day with the most hits always goes to the top of the column.

Errors Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time, Labeled
Errors Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time - A small graph of errors for the most recent 30 days, or for as many days as there is data if that number is less than 30. Each graph is scaled to fit the available space, which means that the day with the most errors always goes to the top of the column.

Visits Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time, Labeled
Visits Over Time - Graph of Hits Over Time - A small graph of visits for the most recent 30 days, or for as many days as there is data if that number is less than 30. Each graph is scaled to fit the available space, which means that the day with the most hits always goes to the top of the column.

Hits over the last eight days - The number of requests for each item for each of the last eight days.

Hits over the last fourteen weeks - The number of requests for each item for each of the last fourteen weeks.

Hits over the last thirteen months - The number of requests for each item for each of the last thirteen months.

Bytes over the last thirteen months - The number of bytes transferred for each item for each of the last thirteen months.

Day of the Week - Date - The day in question.

Month of the Year - Date - The month in question.

Week Starting - Date - The first day of the 7 day period.

Quarter Starting - Date - The first month of the 3 month period.

Host - Host Name - The host name of a visitor who visited your site.

Host (from log) - Host Name as IP addr - The host name of a visitor who visited your site, displayed as it appears in the log files.

Interest - Interest - How significant Summary deems recent patterns of activity.

Java - Name - Enabled means that Java is enabled on the visitor's browser and Disabled means that it isn't.

Language - Name - The language the visitors browser or operating system is configured to use.

Latest Hit - Last Hit Date
Latest Hit - Last Hit Date and Time - The date of the most recent hit for the current item that appears in the logs.

Latest Visit - Last Visit Date
Latest Visit - Last Visit Date and Time - The date of the most recent visit for the current item that appears in the logs.

Lines - Lines - Number of lines in the log file.

Leakage - Leakage Bar Chart
Leakage - Leakage - The percentage of tracked page hits that did not have an associated tracking graphic hit.

Line - Line number - The line number in the log file of the line that can't be parsed.

Log File Name - Log File Name - The name of the log file.

Method - Name - The HTTP request method.

Not in any Report - Not in any Report - The number of log entries that were not included in any sub-report.

% of Pages - Percent of Page Hits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Pages - Page Hits Bar Chart
Pages /Day - Page Hits per Day - The average number of page hits per day.
Pages - Page Hits - Displays the number of requests for pages associated with the current item. Which requests are considered to be pages is determined by the configuration setting called "Page file name extensions", on the Request Types configuration page.

% of 1 Page Visits - Percent of One Page Visits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
1 Page Visits % Visits - One Page Visits % of Visits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total number of visits in the report.
1 Page Visits - One Page Visits Bar Chart
1 Page Visits /Day - One Page Visits per Day - The average number of 1 page visits per day.
1 Page Visits - One Page Visits - The number of visits whose only non-graphic request was for the current item. Note: a one page visit does not count as an enter or an exit.

Parse Errors - Parse Errors - The number of lines that Summary was not able to parse correctly. You can click on the number to get a display of the lines that Summary could not parse.

Path - Paths - A specific sequence of requests made during a visit. For more information on paths click here.

Phrase - Name with drill down
Phrase - Name - A phrase used to locate your site in a search engine.

Phrase - Name - A search phrase used in a request to your internal search engine.

Platform - Name with drill down - The computer platform the client's browser was running on when they accessed your site. When you click on it you will see all of the agent strings that correspond to the current platform.

Plugin - Name - The name of a browser plugin installed in the visitor's browser.

Protocol - Name - The protocol requested by the browser when making the request.

Rank - Line number in report.

Referrer - Name with drill down - When you click on the link you will see the most common query strings used with this referrer.
Referrer - Name with Link - A page on the internet which refers to your site.

Region - Description with drill down - Region of the world.

Referrer - Name with local Link, blank if same
Referrer - Name with local Link - A page on your site that contains a link to an item that doesn't exist.

Referring Domain - Name with drill down - When you click on this link it will show all of the referring pages that are in that domain.
Referring Domain - Name, blank if same
Referring Domain - Name with drill down
Referring Domain - Name - The domain name that referred one or more visitors to your site.

Referring Domain - Name - A domain name that referred one or more visitors to your site.

Reloads % of Hits - Reloads percent of Hits - The percentage of all requests that were reloads.
Reloads - Reloads - The number of times the current object was requested twice in a row within the same visit.

Views - Views - The number of times the current object was requested, not counting reloads.

Request - Name with local Link - The part of the URL after the domain name and before a question mark (if there is one). For more information see URI in the Glossary.

Request - Source, blank if same
Request - Source with drill down
Request - Source - A request that was made of your server.

Requests - Valid Entries - The number of valid log entries that Summary was able to read from the log file.

Robot - Name - The name of a robot crawling your site.

Screen Size - Name - The display resolution of the visitor's computer.

Search Engine - Name, blank if same -
Search Engine - Name with drill down -
Search Engine - Name - The domain name of a search engine which referred visitors to your site.

Search Indexer - Description, blank if same
Search Indexer - Description with drill down
Search Indexer - Description - The name of a search engine indexing robot crawling your site.

Search Phrase - Phrase, blank if same -
Search Phrase - Phrase with drill down -
Search Phrase - Search Phrase - A phrase used to locate your site in a search engine.

Server - Name - Shows which physical server, normally refers to a specific machine in a cluster of servers. For more information click here.

Size on Disk - Size on Disk - The size of the log file on disk. For compressed log files this can be significantly smaller than the number of bytes read from the file after decompression.

Skipped - Skipped Lines - The number of lines which didn't contain log entries but were otherwise valid. For example: some servers include comments in the log files.

Source - Source
Source - Source with local Link
Source - Source with local Link
Source - Source with local Link
Source - Source with local Link, blank if same
Source - Source, blank if same - The starting page which contains the link that the user has clicked on to go somewhere within your site.

State/Province - Description with drill down - A US State or Canadian Province.

SubReport - Name - The name of the sub-report.

Text on Line - Text of line with parse error.

Time of Day - Date - The one hour period starting at the time listed.

Tracking Tags - Name - The string that appears in the log file associated with the tracking tag.

Top Level Domains - Name - The top level domain name of visitors. For more information on top level domains click here.

Top Level Domains - Name with drill down - The top level domain name of visitors. For more information on top level domains click here.

Unique Hosts - Unique Hosts Bar Chart
Unique Hosts - Unique Hosts - The number of unique hosts associated with the current item. For more information on unique hosts click here.

User - Name, blank if same
User - Name with drill down
User - Name - The authorized user name.

% of Value - Percent of Value - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Value - Value - Value Bar Chart
Value /Day - Value per Day - The average daily value of all the visits associated with the current item.
Value - Value - The total value of all the visits associated with the current item.

% of Visits - Percent of Visits - The percentage represented by the current item of the total of all items in the report.
Visits - Visits Bar Chart
Visits /Day - Visits per Day - The average number of visits per day.
Visits - Visits - The number of visits associated with the current item. A visit is a sequence of requests, all made from the same IP address, having the same agent string, and with no gap between requests of more than 30 minutes. The time limit is configurable; by default it is 30 minutes. For more information on visits click here.

Value /Goal - Value per Goal - The average value per goal.

Value /Visit - Value per Hit
Value /Visit - Value per Visit - The average value per visit.

View Time - Average View Duration - The average of the time between a request for the current item and the next request for a non-graphic in the same visit. This number is in minutes and seconds. Note: View time cannot be calculated when there is no subsequent page, download, or other in the same visit.

Total View Time - Total View Duration - The total of the time between a request for the current item and the next request for a non-graphic in the same visit. Note: View time cannot be calculated when there is no subsequent page, download, or other in the same visit.

Window Height at least - Name - The window height of the browser window on the visitor's computer.

Window Width at least - Name - The window width of the browser window on the visitor's computer.

Word - Name - A word, taken from a search phrase, used to locate your site in a search engine.

Word - Name - A search word, taken from a search phrase, used in a request to your internal search engine.

Year - Date - The year in question.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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