KB 41 - Enabling Portal Activity Data Collector

KB 41 (Java) - Enabling Portal Activity Data Collector

Description

The following instructions show how to enable the Portal Activity extractor for the Java environment and configure the PowerConnect Java agent to collect these logs:

• Go to the Enterprise Portal by entering the following URL:
  http://<Hostname_of_AS_Java_Server>:5<Instance_Number>00/irj

• Then go to System Administration -> Content Statistics -> Data Collector Configuration

• Make sure the "Close files every 60 minutes" option is checked

• Click on Collector Files

• Setup the portalActivity data file to use the following entries:

Note the order of these fields is critical for the PowerConnect Java agent log header configuration detailed below

• Enable the Activity Data collector application by going to the NWA console using the following URL:
  http://<Hostname_of_AS_Java_Server>:5<Instance_Number>00/nwa

• Click the Operations tab then the Start & Stop link:

• Click the Java Applications tab

• Search for "activity" in the Name column

• Click on Portal Service Configuration

• Ensure the data Collection Hook is set to True

• Navigate Back

• Restart the Data Activity Collector by clicking the Restart button

• Files will start to appear in the following directory

/usr/sap/<SID>/<SID>/j2ee/cluster/server#/portalActivityTraces

Configure the PowerConnect Java agent to collect the Portal Activity Logs:

• Go to the PowerConnect Java agent UI by entering the following URL: http://<Hostname_of_AS_Java_Server>:5<Instance_Number>00/ webdynpro/resources/com.powerconnect5/spcj_wd/SapPowerConnectJava

• Click on the Log Monitoring Tab

• Set the Portal Activity Log File Header value to be a comma separated string of field names as defined in the portalActivity data file configuration above e.g.

TimeOfRequest,LoggedOnUser HASH,iView PCD URL HASH,Header of Request HASH,URL Query String HASH,TimeToProcess Request,ServerNode,HTTPSessionID,NavigationPath,ObjectType,ServerHost,UniqueID,URLQueryString,IViewName,BrowserType,EmbeddedInPage,LoggedOnUser,UserType,PortalApplication,PortalComponent,iView PCD URL

• Click Save

• Click on the General tab

• Tick the Portal Activity Monitoring Enabled checkbox in the Logs section

• Restart the PowerConnect Java agent