# About BEA AquaLogic Analytics

BEA AquaLogic(R) Analytics ("Analytics") is an advanced usage tracking and analytics tool. This portal add-on enables you to assess portal return-on-investment (ROI) and define future opportunities with usage trends in mind. Analytics delivers the following features out-of-the-box:

- Usage Tracking Metrics: Analytics plugs directly into the portal engine to retrieve metrics for desktops, pages, and portlets. Additionally, Analytics retrieves metrics for search queries, logins, and more.
- Behavior tracking: Analytics tracks usage patterns, such as desktop visits, as well as the duration of portal use and desktop response times.
- User Profile Correlation: Analytics correlates metric information with user profile information in order for usage tracking reports to be viewed and filtered by profile data, such as country, company, and department.

Analytics is designed to plug-n-play with BEA WebLogic Portal. The reports can be retrieved via the portal in real time using either a secure or non-secure connection. Additionally, the Analytics star schema database approach ensures high report performance, as well as the ability to store millions of portal events.