Comments on: Tracking Atlassian Confluence usage with Google Analytics

By: David

David — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:54:57 +0000

Kenn: There’s no need to install the plugin if you don’t want to use it. Just drop the GA javascript in the footer. Job done.

It allows you to show others a subset of Google Analytics reports without giving them access to your GA account. Only use it if you have that requirement.

By: Kenn North

Kenn North — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:04:51 +0000

Do you need the plugin? Can’t you just put the js code in the footer?

By: David

David — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:14:22 +0000

Patricia: The Google Analytics (GA) Javascript only collects information such as visitor information, referring page, browser, screen resolution and so on i.e. the normal stuff that is shown in Google Analytics reports.

Google Analytics does not read the content of your Confluence wiki pages or have write access to your Confluence server. The Javascript is executed client-side. So when Confluence is hosted behind a firewall, the client browser has access to the internet (and thus the hosted GA code) and also the Confluence server. But GA and Confluence do not need to have “line of sight” for the tracking Javascript to work.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:48:09 +0000

Could you tell me exactly which information is transferred from CONFLUENCE to GOOGLE ANALYTICS? Please tell me also if GOOGLE ANALYTICS can see insight the CONFLUENCE server (through remote access) or has write access to our CONFLUENCE server.
Thanks in advance.

By: David

David — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:01:17 +0000

Mauricio: The terms of service for Google Analytics require that all traffic data collected is anonymous. For your purpose, Google Analytics is not a good fit.

You may be able to use another analytics package such as Piwik to collect the data for this purpose, but I don’t know how mature a product it is.

By: Mauricio

Mauricio — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:50:27 +0000

Hi! I'd like to find a feature/plugin/extension to Confluence that lists the viewers users of a given page. I've look at this page, but didn't find any. Do you how to deploy this into Confluence? Thank you!

By: Olli

Olli — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:09:48 +0000

Or even better, you can use Piwik, which is free alternative to Google Analytics.

By: David Simpson | Announcing: Google Analytics plugin for Confluence

David Simpson | Announcing: Google Analytics plugin for Confluence — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:06:53 +0000

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By: David

David — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:50:44 +0000

Phil: Excellent. I suspected as much. It worked fine when we moved from 2.10.2 to 3.0.1

By: Phil Wilson

Phil Wilson — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:16:59 +0000

At Bath we’ve had the GA code in our custom HTML for a few years and never had to re-enter it after any of our many upgrades