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This Readme contains important information about the product. For the most recent information please see the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack Release Notes.

Program Elements Installed

You can install the following Usage Import and Report Writer files on your computer:

• Import.exe: Usage Import.
• Analysis.exe: the command line Report Writer module.
• AnalysisGui.exe: the graphical interface Report Writer module.
• MSUsage.mdb: a Microsoft® Access-compatible database that will be used to hold information from your log files.
• Template.zip: a zipped template for new files with the format of MSUsage.mdb. Unzip this template when you want to create new databases.

Unless you specify otherwise in your setup, the Windows default directory is \Program Files\UA Express, and the group that is created is Microsoft Site Server Express under the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack program group:

The following folders are created in the main program directory.

• Cache
• Catalog
• Message
• Reports
• Schedule

The Catalog folder contains the standard report definition files (*.mfa). It is also the default folder for storing any new report definition files that you create.

System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows NT®

• Pentium processor

• 32 MB of memory is recommended (16 MB minimum)

• 15 MB disk space for program files, plus space for your log files

  Optional:

• Internet connection to look up HTML titles, resolve IP addresses, and run Whois queries

• Microsoft Word version 7 or later to produce Word reports

• Microsoft Excel version 7 or later to produce spreadsheet reports

• HTML 2 Browser (tables) or later to display HTML reports

• Microsoft® Access

Getting Started

Importing a Log File

1. Obtain a copy of your Internet server log file.
2. Start Usage Import.
3. Configure an Internet site using the Server manager (from the File menu or from the toolbar).
4. Create a Log data source with the appropriate log file type by right-clicking the Log data sources icon, and then clicking New.
5. Specify a server of the appropriate type (FTP or WWW) by right-clicking the scroll icon, and then clicking New.
6. Configure a site by right-clicking the newly created server icon, and then clicking New.
7. Open the Log file manager (from the File menu or from the toolbar) and type in the path to your log file that you obtained above, or identify it using the Browse button.
8. Press the green Start import button on the toolbar to begin the import.

Note  The first time you import a log file, the program will walk you through these steps.

Creating a Report

1. Start Report Writer.
2. Click the Create a report from the catalog option.
3. Select a report to run, such as Executive Summary.
4. Click Finish on the first option panel. You can explore the full range of options available in this sequence of panels later on.
5. From the schematic representation of your report content, click the green Create report document button. (Default is an HTML report which will be opened with your browser.)

You have now successfully completed a session with Usage Import and Report Writer.

Extended Logging

To install mss_log.dll download:

Please copy the accompanying mss_log.dll shared library to a directory where you keep other ISAPI filters (this can be any directory).

1. Launch Internet Service Manager.
2. Under Internet Information Server, right click on the server name that you would like to install the filter on and click Properties.
3. Choose Edit for WWW Service.
4. On the ISAPI Filters tab, click Add, and follow the instructions to install a new filter.
5. On the Web Site tab, click Active log format, and choose Microsoft IIS Log File Format.
6. Close the Property dialog box.
7. Close Internet Service Manager.

Note  Once you've installed mss_log.dll, the format of the log file is changed. If you've previously used any log conversion utility that was written to use the original IIS log files (including convlog.exe, which comes with IIS), it will not work on the new log files.

Known Issues

The scheduled import of log files from a remote server share (e.g. \\server\share\) requires that the scheduler start with a trusted user of the remote system including user name and password.

Microsoft Site Server 2.0 is the upgrade from Site Server Express (included in the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack). In the event that you install Site Server 2.0 on the same system as Site Server Express, then later remove Site Server 2.0, you will need to reinstall Site Server Express to resume using the product.

Attention International users:

No matter what operating system you are using, the regional settings on your system must match the regional settings used to create the log file you are importing. Failure to do this can result in request dates in the log file being interpreted incorrectly. To set your regional settings, select Settings from the Start Menu. Choose Control Panel, then Regional Settings.

We recommend that you install Usage Import and Report Writer into a directory with an alphanumeric name. If you install them into a non-alphanumeric (DBCS) directory, you will not be able to run automated batch jobs using the scheduler. However, the batch files produced by the scheduler will function properly when executed at the command prompt. The HTML version of the online documentation may also fail to work if the product is installed into a DBCS directory.

You should also use alphanumeric names for the reports you generate using Report Writer. If your reports have non-alphanumeric (DBCS) characters in the file name, the graphics will not display in the browser when you view the report.

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