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Foglight Experience Monitor 5.8.1 - Installation and Administration Guide

Installing and configuring Multi-appliance clusters Configuring the appliance Specifying monitored web traffic Transforming monitored URLs Managing applications Foglight components and the appliance Using the console program Troubleshooting the appliance Appendix: Third party software Appendix: Dell PowerEdge system appliance

Managing URLs

In this Resource List, all URLs monitored for the Hit category are displayed as they are captured. Within the web console, you can define transformation rules that determine how URLs discovered in your network traffic are converted into the URLs that appear in the user interface and are stored in the metrics database.

 
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IMPORTANT: Managing the list of URLs that the appliance collects is one of the most important administrative tasks that you will perform. Failure to implement an effective rule set for your site can result in the database being flooded with a large amount of URLs that make it difficult for you to find the metrics you want. In addition, if your site uses aliases, the metrics for a single web page can be split among multiple URLs appearing in the database unless you have defined the proper rules.

The benefits of a sound data collection policy makes itself apparent when you view a metric analysis page for the Page and Hit categories.

Figure 63. Metric Analysis: Page - Page Stop Rate page

The URLs shown above are stored in the metric database in the Page category. They represent the URLs that the appliance has analyzed in the network traffic that it has collected.

For more information, see these topics:

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Encoded and decoded URLs
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Setting URL encoding in the Resource List
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Setting URL encoding for user sessions metrics in the All Metrics View
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Filtering data in the Resource List

Encoded and decoded URLs

Encoded URLs represent a sequence of characters from a particular character set that are paired with a whole number. Encoded characters that appear in the URLs can be decoded to reveal translated characters that are easier to understand. For example %20, when translated, appears as blank spaces.

This URL is an example of an encoded URL.

GET team.prod.quest.corp/sites/is-appl-dq/Lists/Time%20Tacker/EditForm.aspx?ID=2025&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fteam%2Eprod%2Equest%2Ecorp%2Fsites%2Fis%2Dappl%2Ddq%2FLists%2FTime%2520Tacker%2FEntries%2520Sorted%2520by%2520Week%2Easpx%3FView%3D%7BEAE4AE96%2D1819%2D411F%2D8283%2DF7FDAAC861D2%7D%26FilterField1%3DResource%255Fx0020%255FNam%26FilterValue1%3DSandy%2520Dugan [HTTP]

This is the decoded URL:

GET team.prod.quest.corp/sites/is-appl-dq/Lists/Time Tacker/EditForm.aspx?ID=2025&Source=http://team.prod.quest.corp/sites/is_appl_dq/Lists/Time Tacker/Entries Sorted by Week.aspx?View={EAE4AE96_1819_411F_8283_F7FDAAC861D2}&FilterField1=Resource_x0020_Nam&FilterValue1=Sandy Dugan [HTTP]

Setting URL encoding in the Resource List

The Resource List enables you to select how you want to view URLs. You can switch between encoded and decoded URLs, allowing you to view URLs in the state that is most meaningful to you.

 
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NOTE: The original URLs are always used when you are performing a query against data. The encoding and decoding options enables you to view choose how you want to view the URLs in the interface.
To set URL Encoding or Decoding:
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On any Resource List window, in the Search box, type a search string for information that you are interested in viewing.
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Select Show URLs with original character encoding to encode the URLs.
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Click Go.
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Optionally, click Show URLs with decoded characters to decode the URLs that were returned in step 3.
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Click Go.

Setting URL encoding for user sessions metrics in the All Metrics View

The All Metrics View page for User Sessions enables you to select how you want to view URLs. You can switch between encoded and decoded URLs, allowing you to view URLs in the state that is most meaningful to you.

To set URL Encoding or Decoding:
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Navigate to Analysis > User Sessions Log.
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From the Identifier column, select a user session.
The All Metrics View > User Session page displays.
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Select one of the following options:
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Show URLs with original character encoding to encode URLs that were returned in step 2.
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Show URLs with decoded characters to decode the URLs that were returned in step 2.
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Click Go.
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Scroll to the User Session Pages and User Session Hits sections to view URLs related to that user session.
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