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Hello, Is anyone aware of a SPSS program that can analyze web logs? Thanks, John |
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What exactly do you mean by "web logs"? Do you mean server (as in software, like Apache) logs? And what would you like to find out? There's a program called "webalizer" but I've no idea what it does. I'd rather read/edit/analyze the raw data myself.
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If you have a large
enough application to justify the
expense the professional version of the MODELER has text-mining
capabilities.
I saw a demo recently and it makes me drool, but it is way beyond the budget of statisticians who are in their first retirement and might not come up with a paying application. Art Kendall Social Research ConsultantsOn 5/23/2013 8:25 AM, J P-6 [via SPSSX Discussion] wrote:
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Yes, I mean server logs. Currently I am using Analog (http://www.analog.cx/) which is very good, especially for the price (free). Problem is it is no longer supported by the developer and it is a bit of a 'blackbox' for me. I can make some basic adjustments to the configuration file, but I would like more control and understanding. Here is a SAS program http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/026-28.pdf that might do the trick. But I thought it prudent to check to see if someone has developed something similiar (or better) using
SPSS. Thank you, John From: Ruben Geert van den Berg <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:35 AM Subject: Re: syntax for analyzing web logs? What exactly do you mean by "web logs"? Do you mean server (as in software, like Apache) logs? And what would you like to find out? There's a program called "webalizer" but I've no idea what it does. I'd rather read/edit/analyze the raw data myself. Interesting topic though! -- View this message in context: http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/syntax-for-analyzing-web-logs-tp5720371p5720376.html Sent from the SPSSX Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ===================== To manage your subscription to SPSSX-L, send a message to [hidden email] (not to SPSSX-L), with no body text except the command. To leave the list, send the command SIGNOFF SPSSX-L For a list of commands to manage subscriptions, send the command INFO REFCARD |
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Server logs are usually pretty straightforward. You can't read them into spss as fixed-width text? I can send you some python snippets to read license server logs if that would help.
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Reading the data shouldn't be much trouble. Making sense of the data and generating reports is more of what I'm looking for. I have no experience with server logs, so am not sure what the variables are or what they mean. Guess I can find some sort of a data guide somewhere. Just trying to not reinvent the wheel. Thanks! From: Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:10 AM Subject: Re: syntax for analyzing web logs? Server logs are usually pretty straightforward. You can't read them into spss as fixed-width text? I can send you some python snippets to read license server logs if that would help.
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I have been on the same quest for awhile now and it has been very time consuming in SPSS.
Below is some syntax to help you read in your server logs. GET DATA /TYPE = TXT /FILE = SERVER1 /DELCASE = LINE /DELIMITERS = " " /ARRANGEMENT = DELIMITED /FIRSTCASE = 5 /VARIABLES = DATE A10 TIME TIME8.0 SITENAME A15 S_IP A11 S_METHOD A4 CS_URI_STEM A48 CS_URI_QUERY A145 S_PORT F2.0 CS_USERNAME A1 CS_IP A15 CS_USER_AGENT A478 SC_STATUS F3.0 SC_SUBSTATUS F1.0 SC_WIN32_STATUS F1.0 TIME_TAKEN F4.0. |
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This kinda puzzles me: "...am not sure what the variables are or what they mean..."
I think that's about the very essence of proper data analysis. How would you expect any software to solve this problem (reliably) for you? If you don't even know, how can the software know and how can you make sure the software is "thinking" what you think it's "thinking"? |
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I not only advocate the use of syntax, I advocate filling in most
of the data view so that you know what
the variables and their labels mean.
The data view may not always be sufficient to make sense
of the data, e.g., unless documents are included it does not cover
how the cases were selected). But the dictionary goes a long way
toward making sense of the data.
Perhaps if someone who works with the data were to send you a .sav file with only 1 case but all of the data definition it would speed you along. Art Kendall Social Research ConsultantsOn 5/24/2013 11:35 AM, J P-6 [via SPSSX Discussion] wrote:
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