Analyzing WebLS User's Responses

Professional Version Only

In order to have WebLS save the results of each user's session, you need to add a line like this to your logic-base:

:- asserta(system('Results File', $C:\\WebLS\\logs\\results.dat$)).
or
:- asserta(system('Results File', '/usr/amzi/logs/results.dat')).

In this case, WebLS will write out:

These results are very valuable in many applications.

For site advisors, you can determine what kinds of products and features are of interest to your web visitors. And depending upon the questions you ask, you can gather important demographic information as well, such as the type of place the person works.

For tech support and diagnostic applications, you can learn what problems your users encounter the most, and more importantly you can learn about what problems they cannot find answers for in your logic-base.

Running the Analyzer

To run the analyzer, type the following URL into your browser:

For Windows:  http://my.domain.com/cgi-bin/analyze.exe
For Unix:     http://my.domain.com/cgi-bin/analyze

substituting your domain name and CGI directory.

Analyze will ask you for the name of the results file to process. Enter the pathname (not the URL) for your file. Depending upon the size of the file, it may take a couple of moments to complete the analysis. Analyze will display for you a series of tables that show:

If you want to save the results of the analyzer, use the 'File' then 'Save As' command in your browser.

Sample Output

Here is an example of the data returned by the analyzer:

Answers Provided

This is the number of time each of the answers in your logic-base have been displayed.

Answer NameNumber of Times Displayed
agentsStuff68
consultantProgram18
delphiStuff51
odbcStuff124
personalEd219
siteLicense12

Facts Entered

These are the responses entered in response to the questions in your logic-base.

Fact NameValue EnteredNumber of Times Entered
connectionsExisting databases132
Existing programs, libraries and APIs17
Network clients/servers97
Other1
Other programs, libraries and APIs89
none of the above18
environmentsBSDI Unix26
DOS49
Linux49
Other24
Sun Solaris55
Windows 3.x127
Windows 95236
Windows NT160
languagesAndToolsOtherPerl1
Tcl1
none1
not sure3
sql server1
whereBusiness/corporation153
Educational institution85
Government agency11
Myself105

User Information

This is some information about the users.

User AttributeValueNumber of Sessions
Remote HostNumber6
edu12
net4
uk6
User AgentMicrosoft Internet Explorer/4.40.308 (Windows 95)2
Mozilla/2.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.0; Windows 95)14
Mozilla/3.0Gold (WinNT; I)10

Dates

This is the number of sessions completed each month.

Month - YearNumber of Sessions During Period
Nov - 199651
Oct - 1996179
Sep - 1996124

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