More than just IIS Log Information ??

Hi,
I dont know if this is the right forum for this question but I hope
someone is able to answer this for me. I know a lot of information can
be retrieved using IIS Log files. But there seems to be something that
my boss wants me to do. Find a way to implant a cookie on user and get
more information than just the information that is retrieved by those
log files. He says one can get more information like browser resolution
and stuff(which he didnt explain what exactly it is). I was wondering
if there any way of doing this and some information like that?
Thanks in advance
Subrato

DaveK
Tue Mar 14 13:01:28 CST 2006

You want BrowserHawk.

http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx

Kristofer
Tue Mar 14 14:45:26 CST 2006

Hello,

The content of the cookie (if anything) is logged in the cs(Cookie) field
in the log file. If you can collect whatever information you need in the
cookie, and agree on a format your log analyser (or if you make your own)
it will be easy to get this kind of information.

The problem will be to set the cookie on each page. You probably need to
set the cookie using JavaScript on the client.


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Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


mukherjeesubrato@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
> I dont know if this is the right forum for this question but I hope
>someone is able to answer this for me. I know a lot of information can
>be retrieved using IIS Log files. But there seems to be something that
>my boss wants me to do. Find a way to implant a cookie on user and get
>more information than just the information that is retrieved by those
>log files. He says one can get more information like browser resolution
>and stuff(which he didnt explain what exactly it is). I was wondering
>if there any way of doing this and some information like that?
>Thanks in advance
>Subrato

mukherjeesubrato
Tue Mar 14 15:23:56 CST 2006

Kristofer, I just read about SmartSouce Data Collector as we already
have Webtrends and we are actually interested in utilizing the data
more than just IIS log files. If we use the OnDemand service, we can
opt for the service but we have bought the software and we use it to
analyse it for our clients.I am totally new to the whole idea of
working with it and hence dont know how to put the meta tags and how to
set the pages and how parse the data.I would appreciate if you could
throw some light on this matter.
Thanks
Subrato

Kristofer
Tue Mar 14 15:32:05 CST 2006

I have no idea how SmartSource Data Collector works. You will need to seek
assistance from the vendor of this product.


--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


mukherjeesubrato@gmail.com wrote:

>Kristofer, I just read about SmartSouce Data Collector as we already
>have Webtrends and we are actually interested in utilizing the data
>more than just IIS log files. If we use the OnDemand service, we can
>opt for the service but we have bought the software and we use it to
>analyse it for our clients.I am totally new to the whole idea of
>working with it and hence dont know how to put the meta tags and how to
>set the pages and how parse the data.I would appreciate if you could
>throw some light on this matter.
>Thanks
>Subrato