Advanced Web Log Import Properties, Log Files Tab

Use the Advanced Web Log Import Properties dialog box, Log Files tab, to do the following:

• Eliminate redundancy that can occur when log files contain requests that overlap in time.

• Eliminate redundancy or the loss of data that can occur when log files are rotated among servers to keep the log files from becoming too large.

Important Note:
After configuring the Log Files tab, you must run the Configuration synchronization DTS task to synchronize your site configuration with the Data Warehouse before importing data into the Data Warehouse.

Use this	To do this
Number of minutes that records must overlap	Type the number of minutes that records in the log files must overlap. The default overlap is 30 minutes.
If overlap is detected	Select an action to take if log files overlap by more than the overlap minutes specified: Import all records. Imports all requests. This includes overlapping requests. Stop the import. Does not import the log file that contains overlap requests. All other log files are imported. Stop all imports. Stops all log file imports when overlapping requests are detected. Discard records and proceed (default). Discards all overlapping requests and imports the remaining requests.
When import is completed	Select an action to take with the open visits at the end of your import process: Store open visits for the next import (default). Reconstructs the actual visit as if there were one seamless log file. This option takes slightly more time because the open visits must be called from the cache at each new import. You must import log files in chronological order for this option to work correctly. Commit open visits to database. The visit count will be larger at the opening and closing of the log file period because visits that span those two periods will be counted two times. Discard open visits. The report count will be reduced at the closing of the log file period because visits that have not been closed will be dropped.
Clear Cache	Click to clear the cache of stored data.

Important Note:

If you do not specify time overlap and log file rotation settings, it is impossible to import log files into the Data Warehouse without losing activity data because log files are continually created as your site operates. The files may contain data for overlapping time periods if you run log files on separate servers, interrupt and resume logging on a single server, accidentally re-import a log file, or concatenate distinct log files.

See Also

Other Resources

How to Run the Configuration Synchronization DTS Task

How to Run the Web Server Log Import DTS Task