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AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project Reporting Template Project Contents Concept Installation Configuration Generating reports in Excel Integration with MailCenter Integrating Reporting to your solution Sample Reports Concept Reporting Sample Project is a sample solution which extends AxCMS.net logging functionality with advanced data analysis and reporting. The focus of this application is to log actions to the AxActionLog and process the data into reports shown in Excel files. Actions defined in web.config are logged to the AxActionLog tables in the database. The AxDWH_Processor generates a Processor that loads new/changed data from databases to the data warehouse (DWH). Next the OLAP Cube is populated with data from Data Warehouse and the data is processed. Using data generated by OLAP Cube, you will be able to create and present various reports and charts in Excel. For more info about Action Loging please see our Developing guide here: Logging Action

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Installation Installation of Reporting Template Project Reporting Template Project Prerequisites Reporting Template currently requires Visual Studio 2005/ MS SQL Server 2005 to work. In addition to standart template projects prerequisites, Reporting Template Project requires the following services of MS SQL Server installed and started: Make sure you also include Business Intelligence Development Studio in your SQL Server installation, this is a required component to work with Cube projects in Visual Studio. Differences to standart template installation Installation of Reporting Template Project is almost the same as of Sample project. There are two main differences between Sample and Reporting Template project. The one is that all folders, virtual directories end with _ReportingSample instead of _Sample. The second difference is that the custom extension is set to.axcms instead of.sample. So, please, follow the Sample project installation guide, keeping in mind those 2 differences. Configuring HTTP-handlers for DocumentViewAction To enable AxCMS.net to log document views, you need to open virtual directory properties of AxCMSwebLive_ReportingSample in IIS manager, and create mappings for the following extensions.pdf.zip.xls.doc to aspnet_isapi.dll of Framework 2.0. If you want to add additional document extensions, you should add mappings for them in IIS manager as described before, and additionally add them them to the extension list in <httphandlers> section of your LS.Web.config <httphandlers> <add verb="*" path="*.pdf,*.zip,*.xls,*.doc" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" />

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Installation </httphandlers> Project structure AxDWH_Processor - ETL processor AxDWHProcessor.exe - executable file for processor, you can run it with parameters or run it without any parameters: AxDWHProcessor.exe - updates the data in cube from data warehouse AxDWHProcessor.exe createdatabase - creates new data warehouse database AxDWHProcessor.exe createdatabase recreate - deletes old data warehouse databse and creates a new one etl.config - main configuration file for ETL processor containing descriptions of all SQL connection strings for processor and Dimension/ Fact table mappings CreateDatabase.bat RunIntegration.bat - runs ETL processor in database creation mode - runs ETL processor in cube update mode AxDWHProcessor.exe.config - miscellaneous configurations for ETL processor AxCMSTemplates_ReportingSample - Templates Controls CSS Images RowControls TopMenu CmsSite.xml error.htm - put here the controls, used by template - put your css-files here - design-images, icons, etc. - custom elements (former: "row controls") - TopMenu extensions - describes the structure of your templates - the error page (has to be copied into cms- and/or live-root via PostBuild.build) ReportingSampleBaseTemplate.cs - inherit all your templates from this class

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Installation BaseTemplate.aspx ReportingSampleContext.cs - sample template. Use it or replace it with your own template - your own navigation context Extras - Extension for the Management System ArticleOverview[Detail Filter].aspx - Sample usage of the Overview/Detail pattern ExtraServices - Project for your custom web-services ReportingSample.BL - Project for your business logic (everything but the GUI) Resources_ReportingSample - Solution resources (will not be compiled) Reporting Components - contains sample reports Excel file - e.g. 3rd party DLLs used by your application Configuration - configuration files for all applications and environments DB - DB-scripts for the DB-structures you develop in your application DeploySample - automation scripts, not only for deployment Docs UnitTests_ReportingSample - Unit Tests SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs - here you set the version of the solution

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Configuration Configuration of Reporting Template Project Configuring SQL connections Please check the SQL connection strings and passwords in C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Configuration\SampleDEV\etl.config and C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Configuration\SamplePROD\etl.config make sure that any changes you make for Live System/Management System connections inside your MS.web.config and LS.web.config are also reflected in etl.config <SourceConnections> <Connection Name="LS" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_Live_ReportingSample;UID= ReportingSample;PWD=AxinomCMS1;"/> <Connection Name="MS" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_ReportingSample;UID= ReportingSample;PWD=AxinomCMS1;"/> <!--<Connection Name="MC" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_MailCenter;UID=MailCenter;PWD=AxinomCMS1;"/>--> </SourceConnections> <DataWarehouseConnection ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxDWH_ReportingSample;Integrated Security=True;" /> <OlapCubeConnection Server="(local)" Database="Cube_ReportingSample" /> <!--<OlapCubeConnection Server="(local)" Database="Cube_ReportingSample_MC" />--> After making changes to configurations, please run C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Deploy\PostBuild.bat to copy them to appropriate folders. Deploying Cube NB! If you are running VISTA, please launch all programs listed in this document with: Right click/run as Administrator, this is nessesary for them to work normally. First step is to create a Data Warehouse database based on ETL configuration. To create it, please run C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\AxDWH_Processor\CreateDatabase.bat

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Configuration After the process completes, open your solution and right click on the cube project you want to use and select Deploy from the context menu. ( we will use Cube_ReportingSample for this solution, but the process is the same for Cube_ReportingSample_MC) After the cube is succesfully deployed, we need to populate it with data from Data Warehouse. To do this, run the file C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\AxDWH_Processor\RunIntegration.bat Final step is to process the data within cube. For this, right click Cube_ReportingSample project in your solution and select Process... from the context menu.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Generating reports in Excel Generating reports in Excel Using data generated by Reporting Template Project cube, you will be able to create and present various reports and charts in Excel. Connecting to Reporting Template Cube in Excel The example Excel file provided with Reporting Template Project shows some basic reports using the data warehouse. C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Reporting\Sample.xlsx or C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Reporting\SampleMC.xlsx if you have MailCenter integrated If you are running Vista, find Start/Programs/Microsoft Office/Excel and right click/ Run as Administrator. Then in Excel, open the excel file instead of opening it directly. This is needed for cube connection to work. By default, it is configured to work with Cube_ReportingSample on localhost. To change this (if Cube is located on a different server than localhost or if you need to use the Cube_ReportingSample_MC for MailCenter reports), follow this instructions: Open the sheet in Excel Select the ribbon 'Data' Select 'Connections' Select the connection 'Reporting_Cube' Click the button 'Properties' Switch to tab 'Definition' Click "Browse" and select the connection file with correct cube to connect to If you don't have MailCenter integrated: C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Reporting\Configuration\ReportingSample_Cube.odc If you have MailCenter integrated: C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Reporting\Configuration\ReportingSample_Cube_MC.odc If the cube(s) are located on server different than localhost, you can change the connection details either in.odc files or directly in Connection string window Now, press Refresh in Workbook Connections to retrieve new data from cube.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Generating reports in Excel Creating a report in Excel file Insert a PivotTable (or PivotChart if a chart should be shown with the table). Select to use an external data source and choose the Cube_reportingSample (Cube_reportingSampleMC for MailCenter reports) connection. Next select if you want to create the table on new worksheet or a existing worksheet.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Generating reports in Excel The Privot Table Field List is opened to select values to the Table (and Chart) Select action value(s) for the report from Privot Table Field List i.e. LS Banner Click Count and LS Banner Impression Count. Numbers of Banner impressions and Banner clicks are shown in table. Select action info value(s) for the report from Privot Table Field List i.e. Create Date, HourOfDay

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Generating reports in Excel Number of Banner impressions and Banner clicks are shown in table and also what hour of the day the actions were made. Left click + hold and drag the HourOfDay option from the Column Labels area to the Row Labels area The table shows the hour when the action where made as rows.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integration with MailCenter Integration of Reporting Template Project with MailCenter Reporting Template Project can be integrated with Newsletter Template Project to use its databases to retrieve data for analysis and reporting. Launching compatibility upgrade SQL script Run the following SQL script C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\DB\UpgradeMailCenterDB.sql in Live database of MailCenterSample Configuring HTTP-handlers for DocumentViewAction and NewsLetterView To enable AxCMS.net to log document/ tracked newsletter views, you need to open virtual directory properties of AxCMSwebLive_MailCenterSample in IIS manager, and create mappings for the following extensions.pdf.zip.xls.doc.track to aspnet_isapi.dll of Framework 2.0. Configuring LS.web.config of MailCenterSample Now, you need to configure the LS.web.config of MailCenterSample to support action logging: ensure that AxActionLog is described inside <configsections>

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integration with MailCenter <configsections> <section name="axactionlog" type="axinom.aecms.logging.axactionlogsectionhandler, AxCMS.BL" /></configsections> ensure that there is a <AxActionLog> section (you may need to add it if it's not present yet) inside <configuration> section with the following strings: <AxActionLog> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axpageviewaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axdocumentviewaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axloginaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axregisteraction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axsearchaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axteaseraction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axtrackedlinkaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axsubscribeaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axunsubscribeaction" mode="on" /> <action class="mailcentersample.bl.useractions.axnewsletterview" mode="on" /> </AxActionLog> ensure that the <httphandlers> section contains the following strings: <httphandlers> <add verb="*" path="*.track" type="mailcentersample.bl.newsletterviewtrackinghandler, MailCenterSample.BL" /> <add verb="*" path="*.pdf,*.zip,*.xls,*.doc" type="system.web.staticfilehandler" /> </httphandlers> Configuring MS.web.config of MailCenterSample MS.web.config of MailCenterSample also needs to be configured to support action logging: ensure that AxActionLog is described inside <configsections> <configsections> <section name="axactionlog" type="axinom.aecms.logging.axactionlogsectionhandler, AxCMS.BL" /></configsections> ensure that there is a <AxActionLog> section (you may need to add it if it's not present yet) inside <configuration> section with the following strings:

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integration with MailCenter <AxActionLog> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axcmsloginaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.addstructureelementactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.checkinactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.checkoutaction" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.classifyactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.cloneactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.createpagesnapshotfileactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.deleteactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.fillpropertiesactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.generatereportsactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.importuseractivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.movedownactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.moveupactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.recoveractivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.restoresnapshotactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.bulkoperations.objectcheckinactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.bulkoperations.objectdeleteactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.publishdocumentactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.publishmailtemplateactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.publishnewsletteractivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.publishpageactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.requestpublishingactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.publish.revokeapprovalpageactivity" mode="on" /> <action class="axinom.aecms.logging.axcmsloginaction" mode="on" /> </AxActionLog> ETL changes You need to change connection/description strings inside the C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Configuration\SampleDEV\etl.config of Reporting Template Project for ETL processor to work with Newsletter Template Project and MailCenter data. Change LS and MS connection strings to use Newsletter Template database <Connection Name="LS" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_Live_MailCenterSample;UID=MailCenterSample;PWD=AxinomCMS1;"/> <Connection Name="MS" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_MailCenterSample;UID=MailCenterSample;PWD=AxinomCMS1"/> Uncomment and check connection for MailCenter database connection string, it must match those from your MailCenter. <Connection Name="MC" ConnectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AxCMS_MailCenter;UID=MailCenter;PWD=AxinomCMS1;"/>

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integration with MailCenter Uncomment the MC SourceFact table connection in <CacheTables> <SourceFactTable Connection="MC" Table="MailArchive" Alias="MCArchive" IDColumn="MailID" DeleteIntegratedRows="false"/> Uncomment the Cube_ReportingSample_MC connection and comment the previous one. <!--<OlapCubeConnection Server="(local)" Database="Cube_ReportingSample" />--> <OlapCubeConnection Server="(local)" Database="Cube_ReportingSample_MC" /> Uncomment the MailCenter dimension tables <DimensionTable Name="DimMailRecipient" EnableSCD="false" SourceQuery="SELECT DISTINCT [To] FROM {{MCArchive}}"> <Columns> <Column Name="MailAddress" SourceColumn="To" BusinessKey="true"/> </Columns> </DimensionTable> <DimensionTable Name="DimMailOrder" EnableSCD="false" SourceQuery="SELECT DISTINCT [From], Subject, OrderID FROM {{MCArchive}}"> <Columns> <Column Name="OrderID" SourceColumn="OrderID" BusinessKey="true"/> <Column Name="Sender" SourceColumn="From" UnknownValue="Unknown"/> <Column Name="Subject" SourceColumn="Subject" UnknownValue="Unknown"/> </Columns> </DimensionTable> Uncomment the MailCenter facts table <FactTable Name="FactMCSentMail" SourceQuery="SELECT [To], TargetDate, OrderID, MailID, DateCreated, SendState, SendAttempts FROM {{MCArchive}}" SourceCacheTable="MCArchive"> <Columns> <Column Name="MailID" SourceColumn="MailID" BusinessKey="true"/> <Column Name="CreateDate" SourceColumn="DateCreated" TransformationAssemblyName="AxDWH_Transformations" TransformationClassName="Axionom.AxDWH_Transformations.DateTimeTransformation" References="DimTime"/> <Column Name="Recipient" SourceColumn="To" References="DimMailRecipient"/> <Column Name="OrderID" SourceColumn="OrderID" References="DimMailOrder"/> <Column Name="TargetDate" SourceColumn="TargetDate" TransformationAssemblyName="AxDWH_Transformations" TransformationClassName="Axionom.AxDWH_Transformations.DateTimeTransformation" References="DimTime"/> <Column Name="SendState" SourceColumn="SendState"/> <Column Name="SendAttempts" SourceColumn="SendAttempts"/> </Columns> </FactTable> After making changes to configurations, please run C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Deploy\PostBuild.bat

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integration with MailCenter to copy them to appropriate folders. Recreating Data Warehouse to use Newsletter Template Project data To recreate Data Warehouse database, run the following command in C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\AxDWH_Processor folder: axdwh_processor createdatabase recreate Deploying the Cube_ReportingSample_MC cube In AxCMS_ReportingSample solution, right click on the Cube_ReportingSample_MC project and select Deploy from the context menu. After the cube is succesfully deployed, we need to populate it with data from Data Warehouse. To do this, run the file C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\AxDWH_Processor\RunIntegration.bat Like in configuration, final step is to process the data within cube. For this, right click Cube_ReportingSample_MC project in your solution and select Process... from the context menu.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Integrating Reporting to your solution Integrating Reporting to your solution Copy Reporting directories First, copy the cube project you want to use: Copy C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Cube_ReportingSample directory (or C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Cube_ReportingSample_MC if you need MailCenter integration) to C:\Projects\AxCMS_YourProject\ Then, copy the cube processor: Copy C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\AxDWH_Processor directory to C:\Projects\AxCMS_YourProject\ Then, copy the reporting Excel file and its assets: Copy C:\Projects\AxCMS_ReportingSample\Resources_ReportingSample\Reporting directory to C:\Projects\AxCMS_YourProject\Resources_YourProject\ Add Reporting Cube to your solution In Visual Studio, right click Solution AxCMS_YourProject, select Add/Existing Project, browse to the directory of the Cube project you just copied and add it to Visual Studio. Configure etl.config and deploy new cube Follow the steps of Configuring Template Project guide with this exception(s): You should edit etl.config located in C:\Projects\AxCMS_YourProject\AxDWH_Processor\etl.config and if you already had cube deployed, run axdwh_processor createdatabase recreate console command in AxDWH_Processor directory instead of CreateDatabase.bat After the cube is deployed and populated, you can work with it from Excel as usual.

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Sample Reports Sample Reports Excel Sample sheets The Reporting Solution comes with two sample Excel documents that already contain reports for different actions. At first the reports contain pre-generated data. Afterwards the files can be refreshed with data from cube and reports will show real actions done in Projects. Reporting Sample actions shown in Sample.xlsx The following actions are logged in Reporting Sample databases and can be presented in the Sample.xlsx file LS actions AxPageViewAction logged when pages are viewed in browser. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheets: Page views over the day - This report shows the number of all page views and how they are distributed over the day PageViews by date and page type - In this report the number of page views and is arranged by the date where the page view happened and the type of the page that was viewed. AxBannerImpression and AxBannerClick banner impression is logged when a page whit banner in the content is viewed in browser. Banner click is logged when banner is clicked. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Banner Impressions/ Clicks - This report shows the number of banner impressions/ clicks for the day. AxSearchAction logged when Search is used. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Search statistics - This report shows the number of searches done for day and how successful they were. AxVote logged when a vote is given in Voting module. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: LS Votes - This report shows the number of votes cast over the day. AxLoginAction logged when user logs in on live site. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: LS User Login - This report shows the number of LS user logins over the day. MS actions PublishPageActivity logged when a page is published. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Published pages - This report shows the number of pages published over the day. PublishDocumentActivity logged when documents are published. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Published documents - This report shows the number of documents published over the day Mail Center actions shown in SampleMC.xlsx The following actions are logged in Mail Center Sample databases and can be presented in the LS actions AxPageViewAction logged when pages are viewed in browser. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheets: Page views over the day - This report shows the number of all page views and how they are distributed over the day PageViews by date and page type - In this report the number of page views and is arranged by the date where the page view happened and the type of the page that was viewed. AxLoginAction logged when user logs in on live site. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: LS User Login - This report shows the number of LS user logins over the day. AxSubscribeAction and AxUnSubscribeAction subscribe is logged when user subsribes to a newsletter and unsubscribe is logged when user unsubscribes from a newsletter. Displayed on SampleMC.xlsx sheet: Newsletter registration / deregistration - This report shows the number of all newsletter registrations and deregistrations and how they are distributed over the day. MS actions

AxCMS.net Help & Support Center > Template Projects > Reporting Template Project > Sample Reports PublishPageActivity logged when a page is published. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Published pages - This report shows the number of pages published over the day. PublishDocumentActivity logged when documents are published. Displayed on Sample.xlsx sheet: Published documents - This report shows the number of documents published over the day MC actions PublishNewsletterActivity logged when a newsletter is published. Displayed on SampleMC.xlsx sheet: Sent Mail This report shows the number of send attempts and mails sent.