Users History

The ‘Users History’ provides details of users who spent most of his time browsing sites and details of sites that were most frequently accessed. The ‘Users History’ sub-node is further divided into two sub-nodes:

•	Top Surfers

•	Top Hits Count

Top Surfers

Screenshot 10 – Users History: Top Surfers

Access the ‘Top Surfers’ view by clicking on Users History > Top Surfers in the navigation pane.

The ‘Top Surfers’ view lists the time spent by network users browsing sites on a specific date. The information displayed includes:

•	The users/IPs that browsed sites

•	The time spent browsing sites

•	The sites which were accessed by each user.

The list can be sorted either by user/IP in ascending order, or by time spent browsing in descending order (the site on which most time was spent is listed on top).

•	To sort by user/IP, click on the User/IP column heading.

•	To sort by time spent on the site, click on the Surf Time column heading.

By default, this view lists today’s default data. To view data for other days, use the controls on the upper right of the view:

•	Previous day – click on the back button

•	Next day – click on the forward button

•	Specific date – click on the calendar button , select the required date and click on Go to retrieve data for that date.

NOTE: If no data for a specific date is available, an error message stating that data was unable to be retrieved will be displayed.

You can also click on any of the users/IPs listed to review ‘User History Details’. For more information refer to the ‘User History Details’ section in this chapter.

Top Hits Count

Screenshot 11 – Users History: Top Hits Count

Access the ‘Top Hits Count’ view by clicking on Users History > Top Hits Count in the navigation pane.

The ‘Top Hits Count’ view lists the users with the highest number of site accesses on a specific date. The information displayed includes:

•	The users/IPs that browsed sites

•	The number of site accesses made by each user

•	The sites which were accessed by each user

•	Graphical representations of site hits over time.

The list can be sorted either by user/IP in ascending order, or by site accesses in descending order (the user with the most site accesses is listed on top).

•	To sort by user/IP, click on the User/IP column heading.

•	To sort by site accesses, click on the Hits column heading.

To display graphs showing hits over time for each of the sites listed, select the ‘Show Hits Over Time Charts’ checkbox. Charts assist you in identifying time period(s) the specified date during which each user accessed the most sites.

By default, this view lists today’s default data. To view data for other days, use the controls on the upper right of the view:

•	Previous day – click on the back button

•	Next day – click on the forward button

•	Specific date – click on the calendar button , select the required date and click on Go to retrieve data for that date.

NOTE: If no data for a specific date is available, an error message stating that data was unable to be retrieved will be displayed.

You can also click on any of the users/IPs listed to review ‘User History Details’. For more information refer to the ‘User History Details’ section in this chapter.