iTP Secure WebServer System Administrators Guide (Version 7.5+)

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Using Session Identifiers for Reporting
One of the uses of Session Identifiers is to track how specific users access resources in a content
server. Whenever the server receives a ticket, it logs the ticket's user ID and group ID, enabling
you to organize reports by visits.
As shown in “Sample Visit-Organized Report” (page 180), the visit field includes the user ID, group
ID, and the start time of the visit.
Table 26 Sample Visit-Organized Report
Visit Duration Requests %Reqs Bytes Sent %Bytes
(all) (all)
-1001700702:03/04/96-13:44:33 Less than 1 min. 2 0.04 1032 0.00
-1006614320:03/04/96-10:11:27 1 - 3 min. 8 0.16 28167 0.11
-1008039334:03/04/96-13:29:22 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 1006 0.00
-1009491827:03/04/96-13:02:54 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 9564 0.04
-1016206840:03/04/96-03:12:41 Less than 1 min. 6 0.12 18178 0.07
-1016590095:03/04/96-09:58:24 1 - 3 min. 10 0.20 45376 0.18
-10203757:03/04/96-10:31:22 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 693 0.00
-1027374366:03/04/96-13:51:11 3 - 5 min. 9 0.18 11722 0.05
-1027374366:03/04/96-14:24:47 5 - 10 min. 6 0.12 7464 0.03
-1037448415:03/04/96-12:17:34 20 - 30 min. 2 0.04 1006 0.00
-1038092476:03/04/96-06:52:26 50 - 60 min. 19 0.38 61571 0.24
-1040110926:03/04/96-10:11:18 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 9509 0.04
-1041021790:03/04/96-08:19:28 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 6919 0.03
-1041021790:03/04/96-12:12:27 1 - 3 min. 13 0.26 55171 0.22
-1049253885:03/04/96-09:09:12 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 1006 0.00
-1051850526:03/04/96-14:20:02 10 - 20 min. 4 0.08 15110 0.06
-1057485701:03/04/96-10:31:44 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 9509 0.04
-1061358985:03/04/96-14:05:46 1 - 3 min. 4 0.08 27028 0.11
-1062080264:03/04/96-13:48:12 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 0 0.00
-1068541615:03/04/96-13:16:27 Less than 1 min. 1 0.02 4156 0.02
-1069859513:03/04/96-10:40:28 Less than 1 min. 3 0.06 3048 0.01
-1071206021:03/04/96-08:29:42 20 - 30 min. 17 0.34 79054 0.31
Using Tcl Variables for Anonymous Sessions
You can use Tcl variables in Region directives to give commands specific information about a
request for anonymous sessions. The commands then can modify the behavior of the request on
the basis of this information.
Table 27 (page 180) lists the variables you can use in Region directives for anonymous sessions.
Table 27 Region Directive Variables for Anonymous Sessions
DescriptionVariable
The user ID of the user accessing the content. This value is
extracted from the ticket (see “Anonymous Ticketing”
(page 170)).
SI_UID
You can use this variable to present customized Web pages
to particular users. The SI_UID variable is set to double
quotation marks ("") if a valid ticket has not been
presented.
The department ID in ASCII.SI_Department
The entire session identifier.SI_SI
The group number that is embedded in the ticket (see
“Anonymous Ticketing” (page 170)).
SI_GROUP
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