# Portlet Metrics - Views

The Portlet Views console page displays the number of portal hits per portlet. Each time a portlet is viewed on a portal page, it is considered a single hit. The following sections describe the attributes that you can set to customize the report.

## Display

These settings allow you to specify the display format and to select the portlets to appear in the report.

You can choose to display your report in the following formats:

- tabular
- pie
- bar
- line

You can select the following sets of portlets or specify your own custom set.

Selection | Description
Top Portlets | Displays the portlets that have been used most. You can specify that you want to display the top 5, 10, 15, or 20 portlets.
Bottom Portlets | Displays the portlets that have been used least. You can specify that you want to display the bottom 5, 10, 15, or 20 portlets. Portlets with no uses are not included in this report.
All Portlets | Displays all portlets. Only available in tabular view.
Specify Portlets | Displays usage metrics for a specific portlet or multiple portlets. When you select this option, click Browse to choose the portlets you want to display.
Specify Desktops | Displays usage metrics for all portlets in a specific desktop or multiple desktops. When you select this option, click Browse to choose the desktops whose portlet usage metrics you want to display.

You can specify the following metrics.

Option | Description
Views | Displays the viewing activity for the portlet(s) selected during the filtered time period.
Users | Displays the unique users for the portlet(s) selected during the filtered time period.

## Filtering By

You can filter the report according to the following properties.

Filter Type | Description
Date Range | Allows you to filter data based on a range of dates. If you select Specify Date Range, you can choose the start and end date.
User Property | Allows you to filter data based on the user properties defined in your portal. After selecting the desired property, select Contains or Does Not Contain and the property value by which you want to filter.

## Grouping By

If multiple portlets are selected, the data is automatically grouped by portlet name. In addition, you can group reported data according to the following attributes.

Property | Description
Time Interval | This option groups the data by the selected time period. A line chart must have a time interval group by parameter selected.
User Property | This option groups the data by the selected user property. Users are grouped by the property value in their user profile.

## Note: Line charts are two-dimensional and, therefore, can be grouped by two attributes. The bar and pie charts are one-dimensional and can be grouped by only one attribute. (When selecting to display Top or Bottom Portlets, no grouping options are available.) Attributes include portlet selection and grouping options. Thus, when one portlet and the line chart view are selected, two Grouping By options are allowed. When multiple portlets and the line chart are selected, only one Grouping By option is allowed. When multiple portlets and the bar or pie chart are selected, no Grouping By option is allowed. Tabular charts can include multiple metrics and multiple portlets but a maximum of one Grouping By option.

## View Data

After you have configured properties for the Portlet Views report, click View Data to display the results.

Note: To enable readability, the graphic charts display a maximum of 25 data points, beginning with the first in time. For example, if you configure settings for a line chart report for a duration of 3 days and group by hour, your request is for 72 data points; only the first 25 hours are displayed in the line chart. In tabular reports, the report includes a maximum of 1000 data points. However, when you export the report, it includes all data points.

Export Report

To export the report, click Export Report and open or save the file.

Related Topics

- About BEA AquaLogic Analytics
- Portlet Metrics - Response Time