Configuring Brightspot analytics
Administrators perform this task.
This section describes how to configure Brightspot to provide page view counts. If your version of Brightspot is missing any of the following configuration options, contact your Brightspot representative.
From the Navigation Menu, select Sites & Settings.
In the Sites widget, click Global. The Edit Global widget appears.
Under Main, expand Analytics.
Using the following table as a reference, configure the plugin. Some of the settings at the global level can be overridden at the site level.
Click Save.
Field | Description |
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Task Host | Name or address of host running the task that updates the page views. |
Page Views Supplier | Source provider of page view data.
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Report Task Schedule | Cron expression that specifies the time interval for the Google Analytics background task to run. Must be set for the task to run. For example, |
Interval | Unit of time used to calculate the number of page views appearing in the search panel and in dynamic lists. See Including page views in the search panel and Sorting dynamic lists by page views. Available only if Page Views is set to Brightspot Analytics or Google Analytics. |
Amount | Number of intervals. For example, if you set Interval to Days and Amount to 2, then the Page Views field in the search panel and dynamic lists reflect the number of page views over the past two days. Available only if Page Views is set to Brightspot Analytics or Google Analytics. |
Disable Scripts | If on, disables the JavaScript that collects page view data. The data remains uncollected until you turn this toggle off. |
Search Sources | Search engines from which traffic arrives to the item. If blank, Brightspot tracks incoming traffic referred by Google, Bing, and Yahoo. You can override this setting at the site level. |
Social Sources | Social networks from which traffic arrives to the item. If blank, Brightspot tracks incoming traffic referred by Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. You can override this setting at the site level. |
Video Analytics Supplier | Source provider of video view data.
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