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Date parameters are implemented as separate day, month and year parameters, so these two parameters are actually six (start_day, start_month, start_year, end_day, end_month, end_year).  Any statistics outside this daterange are ignored.
 
Date parameters are implemented as separate day, month and year parameters, so these two parameters are actually six (start_day, start_month, start_year, end_day, end_month, end_year).  Any statistics outside this daterange are ignored.
  
==== An Eprint Sets ====
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==== An Eprint Set ====
  
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As well as defining a daterange, we also have to inform IRStats of which publications we are interested in.  Any publication not in the set will be ignored.  A set of eprints can either be a single eprint or any set of eprints the system administrator wishes to define in the config files.
  
 
==== View ====
 
==== View ====
  
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The final parameter tells IRStats how we want to process and display the statistics.  This is done by selecting a View.
  
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=== Views ===
  
=== Views ===
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Views are perl modules which plug in to IRStats.
  
 
=== Visualisations ===
 
=== Visualisations ===

Revision as of 10:10, 30 May 2007

IRStats is a flexible statistics package which allows easy processing of accesses to fulltext and abstract pages of eprints.

Technical Overview

The following is a quick tour of IRStats.

Parameters

IRStats output depends on four parameters, which need to be passed as cgi parameters if called through a web browser, or in a hash if called through the Perl API. These are:

Start Date and End Date

Date parameters are implemented as separate day, month and year parameters, so these two parameters are actually six (start_day, start_month, start_year, end_day, end_month, end_year). Any statistics outside this daterange are ignored.

An Eprint Set

As well as defining a daterange, we also have to inform IRStats of which publications we are interested in. Any publication not in the set will be ignored. A set of eprints can either be a single eprint or any set of eprints the system administrator wishes to define in the config files.

View

The final parameter tells IRStats how we want to process and display the statistics. This is done by selecting a View.

Views

Views are perl modules which plug in to IRStats.

Visualisations

The Database Interface

Irstats overview.png