Welcome to this article where we'll be looking at how Nudgis allows you to analyse the use of your platform using statistics.
Statistics give you information about how your platform is being used. The number and duration of videos, viewing times, storage usage - these are all metrics that will tell you which videos are being played by your users and which are taking up unnecessary space on your server.
Please note that the statistics are calculated every day at 00:30 (by default), so at a given moment you won't have access to the statistics for the current day - you'll have to wait until the following day.
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The statistics page
The statistics page can be accessed from the quick access banner and from the navigation menu.
To access it, your user account must have the global "Can see all statistics" permission.
The statistics page is divided into several tabs:
Each of these tabs has a number of elements in common, which we'll look at together first.
In the top right-hand corner, you will first see a shortcut to the 'My statistics' page. These are linked to your user account and can also be accessed from the vertical panel.
Just below this is a link to the API call /catalog/get-all/, which can be used to obtain a list of all the channels and media in CSV format, along with the associated metadata.
This API call runs through the entire Nudgis catalogue, so it is recommended that you do not use it too frequently.
By default, the statistics show data for the last month, but you can select a custom period using the following button:
A superimposed window then appears:
The first button is used to select all the statistics from the first entry to the present day.
The next frame provides quick access to predefined periods. You can select a particular month, last month or last year.
You can also select a personalised period by entering a start and end date.
The final element common to each tab is the 'About statistics' button, which provides generic information on how statistics work and how they are calculated.
A final element to note is the CSV export. This is not present on every tab, but it works the same way every time it appears.
First of all, in the "Data" box, you can choose between raw or summarised data
Raw data returns a table containing existing data on videos, which means that pages with no statistical data (no visits or plays) will not appear in this export.
Summary data, on the other hand, will return a summary for each video, whether or not it has been viewed. Pages that have not been visited and videos that have not been played will therefore appear in this export.
The recursive nature of the exports means that the statistics will also be retrieved for the sub-channels of the selected channel, as well as their media.
The delimiter and escape characters are those used by most spreadsheet programs, so you can change them if you wish. Finally, you can choose the encoding used for the CSV file.
Statistics for all videos
When we arrive on the page, the first tab that is displayed brings together the statistics for all the videos on the platform. The first box shows usage at a given moment (number of users viewing videos and number of media being viewed).
In the next box we first have a reminder of the period currently selected. The data available is fairly self-explanatory, so we won't go into detail here, but if in doubt, please refer to the 'About the statistics' section and the tooltips where available.
Finally, the last frame of the tab allows you to view the statistics in the form of graphs. You can display only those relating to VOD, lives or both. The graphs can all be downloaded in PNG format using the dedicated buttons.
Statistics for each video
The second tab displays statistics for each video. To do this, select a channel from the tree in the 'Channels list' box:
The statistics are then separated into two tables: the first is a summary of the statistics for the channel and the second displays the metrics for each video in the channel.
A filter button alternating between 'Show sub-channels media' and 'Hide sub-channels media' allows you to choose whether or not to display data for the sub-channels of the selected channel.
The 'See details' links on each line of the table give access to the graphs associated with the item.
CSV export is available for all channels or for the selected channel (and, optionally, its sub-channels too).
Unwatched videos
The next tab shows videos that have not been viewed during the selected period. Here again, you can choose whether to display the statistics for a particular channel, with its sub-channels or not. CSV exports of all channels or just the selected one are also available on this tab.
Category statistics
This tab displays data relating to categories. However, there are not many of these, and additional statistics will be added in a future version.
Statistics per user
The last tab allows you to download statistics for each user (videos viewed, duration and date of viewing, etc.). CSV export works in the same way as the other tabs.
The editing page
Statistics are also available directly from the editing pages for catalogue items (videos, channels, lives, etc.):
For channels, the statistics displayed correspond to the "Statistics for each video" tab with a defined period over the past year.
For lives and videos, the Statistics tab will display the graphs linked to the item.
Please note that period selection and CSV export are also available from the editing page.
Now that you've got a general idea of how statistics work in Nudgis, we invite you to try out this feature for yourself, and become an expert in the detailed analysis of user traffic to your platform. Thank you for following this article with us.
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