Describe the issue or problem
At the recommendation of some PKPers, I’m investigating using Metabase as an alternative to using the API to extract view stats from multiple instances of OJS. I suspect this isn’t possible I suspect that it isn’t possible because of the way OJS records usage events in log files, but I note field in the Metrics table that I can’t understand.
Steps I took leading up to the issue
- Go to Metrics folder
- Fail to under what some of the variables are
- Fail to find clarification under https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/admin-guide/en/statistics
What application are you using?
Metabase v0.54.5
OJS 3.3.0.19
If it’s not possible to do this directly in Metabase, I’d love to know if you think it’s preferable to collect this data from the API or by processing the logs from across instances in another way. Thanks!
Hi @tmrozewski,
Not sure if you’ve seen this yet: https://youtu.be/yNaLREnmqRI?si=gxDJ159JQH3rHTaZ
But, it may be of some use.@asmecher has been working with Metabase so he may be able to provide some more direct guidance.
-Roger
PKP Team
I haven’t, thanks! I’ll check it out soon.
That video didn’t answer the question but it was otherwise interesting and informative.
@asmecher do you have an answer to the question above? Also, now that I’m getting Metabase set up for my stable of journals and have the capacity to get my hands dirty with it, I’d be happy to work with you on the initiative you mentioned. Right now I’m particularly interested in publishing system-wide analyses of publishing activity (issue and article publications per month, number of active journals in a given period, and both galley and abstract views per month).