Configuring the Web Server Log Import DTS Task

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11/12/2009

You can configure seven sets of properties to control and customize the data you import into the Data Warehouse from your Web log files. The settings that you select for these properties can improve your analysis of the data, as well as make your import processes faster and your Data Warehouse more manageable.

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Unless specified otherwise, these settings apply to all of the applications in the site and all sites associated with the Data Warehouse.

The following property sets control what data is imported from your Web log files into the Data Warehouse:

Setting Web Log Default Files. Ensure that the hit counts for unique visitors to your site default page are accurate, allowing for redirects and multiple versions of your URL.
Setting Web Log File Exclusions. Prevent the following data from being imported into the Data Warehouse: hits from certain hosts, requests for specific file types or expressions, and hits by crawlers.
Setting User Inferences. Customize the assumptions made during import about users and visits in order to best meet the analysis needs of your organization.
Setting Visit Inferences. Customize the assumptions made during import about users and visits in order to best meet the analysis needs of your organization.
Setting Time Overlap and Log File Rotation Properties. Customize the response to time overlaps in log files.
Setting Query String Import Properties for Web Log Files. Import Web site query strings, so that the data associated with them can be analyzed.
Setting Web Log Import Restart Properties. Automatically restart log imports after encountering an erroneous log file.

Configuring the Web Server Log Import DTS Task

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