Capturing metrics using the dashboard

Last Updated : Oct 06, 2017 |

You can use the Dashboard to capture a wide variety of metrics by selecting different options. This procedure provides the basic steps for generating metrics. But specifics for capturing different metrics are not provided because of the number of combinations that you can create.

Procedure

  1. Log into the Tridion Docs web interface and click the Dashboard tab.
  2. On the Dashboard, in Source Language, select the way you ’want to view the information.

    Source Language is English. To view the information for other languages, select an option under Translation. The numbers are determined by the metadata assigned to objects in the database. If the metadata is assigned incorrectly, for example, you did not select the right product in the topic properties, the metrics show up incorrectly.

    The results are displayed on the right pane. For example, if you select By Product, the total number of objects for each product are listed. Because of the amount of data on the system, it might take some time to display and update results.

  3. Optional To add another dimension to the metrics, such as searching not just by product but also see the number of objects owned by each author in each project, select an option from the selections under the title on the right pane. For example, Object Type, Status, and Author.

    The page displays the updated results.

  4. Optional To limit the scope of the metrics (for example, maybe you want to capture the metrics for a specific project):
    1. Click Refine from the options above the title on the right side of the page.

      The page displays a list of fields on the right pane.

    2. Click the browse button next to the field that you want to use to scope the metrics.
    3. On the dialog box with the value, select the options in Available values and move them to the Selected values box.
    4. Click OK.
    5. To add additional categories to the scope, repeat a through c.
    6. Click Apply at the bottom of the list.

    The display changes based on the values you selected.

  5. To change or clear the selections you made in step 4, click Refine and then select Clear All and Apply.

Example