Custom Query (2152 matches)

Reported by ross, 23 months ago.

Requirements

Would be useful if we could extend the Google Analytics extension to push track events to GA so that we can determine how the system is being used, and where we can optimise the workflow.

Assuming it isn't configured to be off, track events should be added to some key action buttons so that the information on what users are doing is logged for analysis.

Interface

This could possibly just be a list of JS calls to $('x').click(_gaq.push('track'...))

User Stories

• As a developer I would like to know which components of the system are used the most so I can streamline the processes.

• As a support developer I would like to know which parts add complexity to the system for minimal gain and could possibly be removed, de-prioritised.

For which metrics, as many of the following as possible that are achievable without changing the templates. I think for now it is enough to just record counts of these pages/actions.

• Any group link on homepage

• Clicking on username (to go to profile)

• In user profile, clicking on Edit Profile

• Clicking Save Changes on Edit Profile page

• Clicking on any dataset link on User Profile page

• Any of the group links on /group

• Clicking any of the right hand sidebar tags on /group/X

• Visiting /group/history/X

• Compare Button on /group/history/X

• Compare Button on /dataset/history/X

• Tags on right hand sidebar of /dataset/X

• Download button on any /dataset/X/resource/* page

• Data API button on any /dataset/X/resource/* page

Tasks

[ ] Analysis/Clarification?

[ ] Code/Config? changes

[ ] Documentation

Estimates

Reported by ross, 23 months ago.

When given a url parameter for a file it cannot fetch, the app raises a 500 instead of something useful.

Better error reporting in the JSON would be useful

Reported by ross, 22 months ago.

From DR at DGU

Basically get_groups() appears to cache its results, but this falls down when subsequent calls are in a different session. We get this when saving a dataset. get_groups() first gets called in the controller when it is trying to work out what permissions the user has. It later gets called, and by this time c.userobj is detached, so get_groups() fails.

I'm working around this by refreshing c.userobj (from c.user) before calling get_groups(), but I wonder if the get_groups caching could detect the detached session and bypass the cache in this case?

diff at ​https://gist.github.com/3003117