Data Center Main Menu

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Data Center main system menu allows you to organize all kinds of information about your visitors, websites, departments, operators and system functioning. You can adjust all the necessary settings to define what information about the visitors and their activity on your site Sales-n-Stats will gather, store and present. The options embedded in the main menu allow you to run specific tasks or monitor your system or services while remaining out of your way.

The Main Menu consists of five choices explained below: 'File', 'Tools', 'Collector', 'Terminals' and 'Help'. When you select an appropriate option a submenu drops down.

File

Select 'File' in the Main Menu to import the system settings, export the settings, or exit the system.

 


The system exit and import/export settings options.

The system exit and import/export settings options.

 

Import settings

Select 'Import settings' to restore the necessary settings or import new ones, choose the necessary file and click Open. Select the check boxes in front of the settings you want to import. Select the 'Drop existing data' check box to import new settings without saving the existing ones. If you leave the check box clear, the imported settings will be added to the existing ones.

 

Settings

What 'Drop existing data' removes

Visitor's Profile

All custom profile fields

Actions

All action patterns

Visitor's Badge

Tokens and Detailed View settings

Filters

All filters

Reports

All reports

Zones

All zones together with all pageviews

Adv. Campaigns

All advertising campaigns

 

Then click OK to confirm or Cancel to quit.

 


'Import system settings' dialog: selecting settings to import.

'Import system settings' dialog: selecting settings to import.

 

When you import the system settings you need to restart Sales-n-Stats to apply them. The 'Restarting Sales-n-Stats' dialog appears automatically and you have to click OK to confirm.

Note: 'Import' allows you to keep the information up-to-date overriding existing settings with those in the imported file.

Export settings

'Export settings' enables you to edit the system settings that can be then re-imported into Sales-n-Stats. Save the selected system settings in a file and then adjust your own settings.

To export the settings select Main Menu->Tools->Export settings. 'Export system settings' dialog opens. Then select those settings you want to export and click OK.

 


‘Export system setting’ dialog: selecting the settings you want to export.

‘Export system setting’ dialog: selecting the settings you want to export.

 

Note: 'Export' allows you to save a subset or all of your existing settings, edit them and then re-import it into the system.

Tools

The 'Tools' submenu gives you the following options: 'System settings', 'Data Center maintenance', 'Event log', 'HTML Code Generator' 'Data Center console' and 'Start terminal'.

 


Main Menu: adjusting the system settings.

Main Menu: adjusting the system settings.

System settings

'System settings' allows you to configure the system and manage its parameters for better monitoring your site. For more information refer to the chapter 'System settings'.

Data Center maintenance

Select Data Center maintenance in the Main Menu->Tools to get a quick access to the 'Data Center maintenance' settings section. For more information refer to the chapter 'Data Center maintenance'.

 


‘Data center maintenance’ dialog

‘Data center maintenance’ dialog

Event log

'Event log' provides a centralized collection point for all kinds of error reports, system alerts, diagnostic messages, and status messages generated by the system. The system records the occurrence of significant events. An 'event' is any change that occurs in the system, for example, a user's logon. Because the system may experience hundreds or thousands of events each second, it is important to distinguish which events require the immediate attention of a system administrator. Such events are recorded as entries in the system's event log for later analysis.

You can select not only the necessary system component but also an appropriate filter for it.

Use Refresh to update the information in the 'Event log'. Use Cleanup to clear the visible rows in the 'Event log'. Select the necessary filter or filters and click on Cleanup.

HTML Code Generator

To integrate Sales-n-Stats into your website you can develop HTML code manually or use 'HTML Code Generator'. For information read 'HTML Code Generator' chapter.

Data Center Console

Data Center console is used to address Data Center directly via macro commands. If you do not possess the necessary knowledge of macros use the Data Center console only if our support service managers ask you to do it.

Data Center console consists of two parts. The lower part of the console allows you to enter the appropriate macro commands. To see the results in the upper part of the dialog click the Execute button. The results that appear in the upper part of the Data Center console will be marked blue.

Start Terminal

You can open a terminal window directly from the Data Center. All the functionality of the Web control and communication center will be available. As many operator actions involve operator's name (pushing content, chatting with visitors), when opening a terminal from Data Center, you need to log in as an existing operator. System settings will also be accessible from this terminal.

Collector

In some cases you might need to stop connection via Main Menu->Collector->Stop connection/Start connection, for example, if you change anything on your website or before breaking the Internet connection.

 


Main Menu: defining the Data Collector connection settings

Main Menu: defining the Data Collector connection settings

 

To edit Collector settings select Main Menu->Collector->Collector settings. To re-install collector or change its location use the Update license/Install collector button. In the 'Update license' dialog select Continue to start the installation. 'Installation Step 1. Defining Data Collector location' dialog opens. Then follow all those steps you took while installing Sales-n-Stats. (Refer to the 'Installing Sales-n-Stats using the installation wizard' chapter).

Select Main Menu->Collector>Traffic details to get a quick access to the 'Traffic monitoring' edit dialog.

Terminals

Select an operator in the list of logged in operators and click

Chat... to chat with this operator,
Close to shut this terminal down,
Properties... for quick access to this operator's section of the System Settings.

The Set up operator accounts item allows quick access to the 'Operators' section of the System Settings.

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Help

If you need help or want to get more information about Sales-n-Stats select Main Menu-> Help->Context Help or press F1 on the keyboard to get context help for the interface element you are currently using. The system displays an overview, summary, or explanatory topic for a page or for the entire window. Select Main Menu->Help->Help Contents to access Sales-n-Stats reference manual.

To get information about a certain page, dialog, message box use the Help button situated next to the OK and Cancel buttons in the window.

Show Quick Start tour opens a demo site consisting of several web pages demonstrating the basic capabilities of Sales-n-Stats and teaching how to use it in a simple and effective way.

 


Main Menu: getting help and other additional information.

Main Menu: getting help and other additional information.

 

 


See also:

System settings

General settings

Data Center maintenance

Data Collector