How to configure Usage Analysis processing on a Web server by using Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services (825541)

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure your Web server for Usage Analysis processing so that this information is available in the Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 client.

This information applies only to Microsoft Windows-based Web servers that are running either Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

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How to Configure Usage Analysis Processing on a Web Server

Usage scheduling is set up through SharePoint Central Administration. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.
2. Under Component Configuration, click Configure usage analysis processing.
3. In the Logging Settings section, click to select the Enable logging check box.
4. In the Log file location box, type the location where you want to store the log file.
   
   The default location for the log file is c:\Windows\system32\LogFiles\STS.
5. In the Number of log files to create box, type a number between 1 and 30.
   
   In general, use a number that is one to three times the number of database servers in your server farm, with a maximum number of 30 log files.
6. In the Processing Settings section, click to select the Enable usage analysis processing check box.
7. Under Run processing between these times daily, specify the range of times to start the usage analysis log processing.
   
   In the Start box, select the earliest time of day to start running log processing. In the End box, select the latest time to start running log processing.
8. Click OK.

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