The first step is to setup SharePoint to track the Usage Analysis Report.

The steps are as follows.

·         On your site, click Site Settings.

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·         On Site Settings under the General Settings, click on Go to SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration.

·         On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration page under Component Configuration, click on Configure Usage Analysis Processing.

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·         The configure Usage Analysis Screen is displayed.

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·         Administrators can set the following settings on this screen.

·         Enable Logging - This should be checked if you want to use the Usage Analysis Report.  Log files are created daily on the server.  These log files track the Usage information.

·         Log File Location - Where the Log files need to be stored.  By default it is stored under c:\%windir%\system32\LogFiles\STS.  Under this folder are contained folders for each virtual server and under these folders are folders for each day.  Administrators can change this location path to something else.  If you choose to change this path to some other folder make sure that STS_WPG group has Read, Write and Update permissions to the site.

·         Time for Processing the Usage Logs - Generally, you should schedule the time for processing the logs when the usage of the site is at a minimum.  In the intranet world it would make sense to process the Usage Logs at night when the site is not being used much by employees.  By default, the time is set to 1 am to 2 am.

·         Make the necessary changes on this screen and click ok.

With the above administration process, you have just setup the Website to track the Usage Analysis for SharePoint Sites.