DSC ID is invalid

[Prachi12]

Hi,

I'm new to webtrends. I'm trying to hit my sample JSP page and access SDC logs. But when hitting the page, i'm getting the following error in the dcs.audit file under sdc directory:
'The following invalid hit was discarded due to DCS ID not found in sitemap file:'

Can anybody help me out in resolving this?

[cgrantski]

Sounds like you did not create a sitemap file in your SDC root directory or that you did but the dcsid doesn't match. It's a simple file, but an essential one. Go back to the documentation and search for "sitemap file" or possibly the filename itself, which is webtrendssites.lst. At the same time, check the documentation for the file dcs.cfg and make sure you've set that one up correctly.

[Prachi12]

Thnks for ur reply 'cgrantski'.

My problem of 'The following invalid hit was discarded due to DCS ID not found in sitemap file:' got solved after I made an entry in the sitemap file webtrendssites.lst.

Actually, to check for the logs I was looking into the file dcs.audit which displays error logs....

But now I think that I was looking into the wrong file, the hit logs are created in the file in weblogs folder. The file name is dcs-2008-01-02-09-01918-hddlntd6010146.log.....

Now, my next question is, is this file the correct one in which logs are generated?

Also, how can I view those logs using some interface? I tried using webtrends' Report Configuration but getting the error 'An error occurred retrieving the requested report data, please try again.'

Please help me out.

[cgrantski]

If you want to view the raw logs, just use NotePad or perhaps a big-capacity text editor like TextPad. It's just a text file.

Welcome to WebMasterWorld!

[Prachi12]

Hi,

I know that i can view the logs using a notepad or textpad... But by viweing I meant that how can I view the logs using some reporting interface?

I am trying to generate reports using webtrends 'Report & Profiles", but not able to generate the reports...

Can u pls help me out in generating these reports? Or can u let me know some other way to read and analyze the logs?

[Prachi12]

Finally, I am able to view the reports thru webtrends' 'Report and Profile'...

But now my next question is:
I'm sending some meta-tags while hitting the JSP page. I am able to view the meta-tags' information in log files. But I want to know how to view the values of meta-tags in the reports generated by webtrends?

Also, if I set the scheduler to hourly basis, every hour the previous log file is deleted and a new one with new hits is created. Due to this, the reports are generated only for hits in the current hour. It is not considering the previous ones. Is it correct? Or is there any way to prevent the deletion of previous log files?

[cgrantski]

The meta-tags, if set up correctly, turn into query parameters in the logs. You can get tabulations of the values of those parameters using the reports called "URL Parameter Analysis" - read the documentation for how to get WebTrends to create these kinds of reports, it's prety easy.

If you want those parameters to actually appear in the URLs in reports like "Pages", then you need to tell WebTrends to not strip out the parameters for display in those reports. You do this in the Page File Types settings (one of the tabs in General) - find the file type in the list and change "parameter truncation" to "no".

[Prachi12]

Thnks 'cgranski'...

Now I am able to get the meta tag information in my reports.

Actually I have 3 jsp files in which I have Meta tags

First jsp, which contains meta-tags as:

<META name="WT.pi" content="TestPage"/>

<META name="WT.cg_n" content="mainpage"/>

<META name="WT.cg_s" content="page1"/>

Second jsp

<META name="WT.pi" content="TestPage"/>

<META name="WT.cg_n" content="mainpage"/>

<META name="WT.cg_s" content="page2"/>

Third jsp

<META name="WT.pi" content="TestPage"/>

<META name="WT.cg_n" content="verifyPage"/>

I am able to view this report, which is having meta tag information of 'WT.cg_n' and 'WT.cg_s' in content group reports but not able to view 'WT.pi' information.

So can you please help me out to resolve this problem?
Where in the reports can I view information about WT.pi tag?

[cgrantski]

Look for the preconfigured Pages of Interest report. If it's not in the template you are using, you can add it to the template using the Report Designer - Template functionality.

If you know how to make a URL Parameter Analysis report, you can do that instead.

You can also make a Custom report with WT.pi as the dimension.

WT.pi gets turned into a number of different parameters that you can report on as measures. They are:

WT.vr.piv_d
WT.vr.piv_w
WT.vr.piv_m
WT.vr.piv_y
WT.vr.piv_q
WT.vr.piv_f

They stand for Page of Interest Daily Visitor measure, (that's the "d") and also Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Quarterly, and First Time Visitor (w, m, y, q, and f).

It sounds like you don't have the manual. You'll like the September 2007 version of the Administration Users Guide. The URL to get the guide is on the WebTrends User Forum, where I know you are already a member. Look in the WT 8 Configuration section for an item called "Documentation" or "New Documentation" (I forget what I called it). I put that item there earlier this week.