Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework

New Post: Google.WebAnalytics.dll source code mantainance

cpi — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:18:18 GMT

Related to the thread below: who is in charge of mantaining the Google.WebAnalytics source code ?

In google site it says:

"The software for this component is developed and supported by 3rd Party Developers. "

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/other/silverlightTrackingIntro?hl=en

However I didn't find the code anywhere in this project.
Is it mantained by someone else ? (I googled but I didn't find it anywhere)

Thanks,
Claudio.

New Post: Google.WebAnalytics.dll duplicates statistics

cpi — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:13:02 GMT

Hi,

There is an issue with Google WebAnalytics: when tracking an event: two requests are made to __utm.gif instead of one, so all google statistics become duplicated.

I didn't find the source code of the Google.WebAnalytics.dll anywhere so I decompile it and found that the code uses the following in order to track:

public void Track(Uri url)

    {
       this.image.Source = new BitmapImage(url);
    }

This code issues 2 requests to the same __utm.gif probably because of the response that google gives to the first request.

If I use webclient instead, only 1 request as expected is sent to analytics.

public void Track(Uri url)

    {
        var webClient = new WebClient();
        webClient.OpenReadAsync(url, null);
    }

Can you fix this ?

Thanks,
Claudio.

New Post: System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException: [IsolatedStorage_Operation_ISFS]

dotnetrodent — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:35:06 GMT

We have a SL5 app using the msaf and I see this error popping up a lot lately:

Message: [IsolatedStorage_Operation_ISFS]
Stack trace: System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException: [IsolatedStorage_Operation_ISFS]
Arguments:
Debugging resource strings are unavailable. Often the key and arguments provide sufficient information to diagnose the problem. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=106663&Version=5.0.20125.00&File=mscorlib.dll&Key=IsolatedStorage_Operation_ISFS
at System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageFileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, IsolatedStorageFile isf)
at Microsoft.WebAnalytics.EventLog.WriteLog()
at Microsoft.WebAnalytics.EventLog.GetEvents()
at Microsoft.WebAnalytics.DataCollector.DispatchCachedEvents()
at Microsoft.WebAnalytics.DataCollector.NetworkChange_NetworkAddressChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Net.NetworkInformation.InternalNetworkChange.FireNetworkAddressChangedEvent(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at MS.Internal.JoltHelper.RaiseEvent(IntPtr target, UInt32 eventId, IntPtr coreEventArgs, UInt32 eventArgsTypeIndex)

From what I've read, it looks to be caused by the fact that the path (including filename) to the log file in isolated storage is too long. However, I didn't see a way to change this name (a peek in the sources reveals it to be "Microsoft.Silverlight.Analytics.Framework.WebAnalyticsData.txt"). Also, the EventLog class, when writing to this file, does no error handling whatsoever. So, in this case the error bubbles up to the app-level event handler.

Anyone else have this problem? Or any ideas for a workaround?

Thanks!

Commented Issue: Metro Win8 Support [17880]

xperiandri — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:42:25 GMT

I am porting my SL4 app which uses MSAF into Metro/Win8 (XAML/C#). Can this be ported to Win8?
Comments: ** Comment from web user: xperiandri **

As this libraries use MEF and System.Windows.Interactivity, it have to be ported and migrated to Microsoft.Composition (new MEF) and Windows.UI.Interactivity. However Windows.UI.Interactivity is an unofficial port of System.Windows.Interactivity to WinRT.
Hence there are a lot of work to do...

New Post: Sample code does not work. Traffic doesn't show on Google Analytics site.

sanzai — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:20:16 GMT

problem is if you want to setup a website account the url to the website is required. how can I get that configured?

Created Issue: Offline detection [19338]

cpi — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:50:46 GMT

Right now, the code is using the following to detect if the application is offline:

NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable()

Thing is that if you have other network adapters installed (ex: VMWare), the framework still thinks you are online when disconnecting the primary network adapter.

Instead the code should do a request to the provider and check if it is online.

Thanks,
Claudio.

Commented Issue: google analytics version 1.5.4.2 Mango [19267]

goneale — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:41:08 GMT

I followed this guide to configure my app
http://mark.mymonster.nl/2012/05/16/google-analytics-on-your-windows-phone-app-in-1-minute

after three day there aren't stats on my account, is there any bug??
- webporpertyId is correct
- no exception calling:
```
IAnalyticsTracker tracker = new AnalyticsTracker();
tracker.Track("EventCategory","EventName","EventValue optional");
```
any suggest?
Comments: ** Comment from web user: goneale **

I found you had to setup the account in GA as a "website", not an "app" also just set domain as example.com or something (the "apps" only indicate they support iOS and Android), after this I saw tracking coming through (you can check via Real Time page in GA).

Really sucks if this is the new way of doing it :(

New Post: Sample code does not work. Traffic doesn't show on Google Analytics site.

goneale — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 07:40:14 GMT

New Post: Sample code does not work. Traffic doesn't show on Google Analytics site.

mikevh — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:12:02 GMT

I've downloaded the SL5 sample code and updated it with the tracking code from my Google Analytics account and I can see that there is some traffice going to google if I use fiddler when clicking the button. However there is zero activity indicated on Google Analytics' site.

Does this still work? These forums don't have many responses to questions.

New Post: Duplicate calls to google analytics

vbsathya — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:16:30 GMT

I'm using the following example from the documentation to send analytics information to google analytics. I see duplicate calls to google analytics in fiddler. There was a different thread on this issue but I don't see any solution. Can someone help, please?

Code:

namespace SilverlightApplication67
{
    using System;
    using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
    using Microsoft.WebAnalytics;

    public class TrackDownload 
    {
        [Import("Log")]
        public Action<AnalyticsEvent> Log { get; set; }

        public TrackDownload()
        {
            CompositionInitializer.SatisfyImports(this);
        }

        public void LogDownload(string url)
        {
            var logEvent = new AnalyticsEvent()
            {
                ActionValue = url,
                Name = "Downloaded",
                ObjectType = GetType().Name
            };

            this.Log(logEvent);
        }
    }
}

Created Issue: google analytics version 1.5.4.2 Mango [19267]

Riccardo91 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:54:36 GMT

New Post: Support and sample code for Windows Phone 7.1

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New Post: Support and sample code for Windows Phone 7.1

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New Post: Google Analytics Custom Variables: Remove ProductID variable

guptroh — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:50:01 GMT

Lostreason87:

I am unable to send custom variables to google analytics. Could you please share a working code sample.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

New Post: Tracking GA Custom Variable from Code

guptroh — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:48:33 GMT

Hi There. Did you find a solution. I am stuck with the same problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. May be a code sample if you could share.

Thanks in advance.

New Post: Auto Event Tracking - How to turn off?

guyza1 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:19:40 GMT

I think that I may be on to something, when looking through the code I found that the configured value WebAnalyticsService.IsPageTrackingEnabled is used by WebAnalyticsService.OnFrameNavigated() to conditionally restrict the logging of data

if (this.IsPageTrackingEnabled)
{
	var logEvent = new AnalyticsEvent
	{
		ActionValue = e.Uri.ToString(),
		HitType = Data.HitType.PageView,
		Name = "CurrentScreenChanged",
		NavigationState = e.Uri.ToString(),
		ObjectType = sender.GetType().Name
	};

	this.Log(logEvent);
}

However when I checked the WebAnalyticsService.AreApplicationLifetimeEventsEnabled property I found it is not referenced anywhere. I would have expected that it would have been similarly used in WebAnalyticsService methods Exited, Exiting, Started and Starting to conditionally include a log based on this variable. Has this been over looked?

Similarly the NavigationStateChanged event in DataCollector.Host_NavigationStateChanged has no conditional logic to govern it's logging. Could this also be modified to either use the existing property or a new one to govern its logging to address this?

New Post: Auto Event Tracking - How to turn off?

guyza1 — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:23:14 GMT

If I configure my analytics provider (Omniture) in the page interaction.behaviors it works like a charm and happily logs away.

<in:Interaction.Behaviors>
      <analytics:AppMeasurement account="xyz"
                                   pageName="{}{msaf.EventArgs.pageName}"
                                   prop1="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop1}"
                                   prop2="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop2}"
                                   prop3="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop3}"
                                   prop4="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop4}"/>
      </in:Interaction.Behaviors>

However since I require OOB (Out-Of-Browser) logging as per the doco I have configured it using a WebAnalyticsService in the ApplicationLifetimeObjects. However I get a heap of Application events like Deactivated, Activated, NavigationStateChanged, Starting and Started events logging to my Analytics provider and skewing my results. These do not appear when using the behaviors method. I have set the properties WebAnalyticsService properties IsPageTrackingEnabled & AreApplicationLifetimeEventsEnabled to false, but they still come through. What am I missing?

<Application.ApplicationLifetimeObjects>
        <mwa:WebAnalyticsService IsPageTrackingEnabled="False" AreApplicationLifetimeEventsEnabled="False">
            <mwa:WebAnalyticsService.Services> 
                <oa:AppMeasurement account="xyz"
                                   pageName="{}{msaf.EventArgs.pageName}"
                                   prop1="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop1}"
                                   prop2="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop2}"
                                   prop3="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop3}"
                                   prop4="{}{msaf.EventArgs.prop4}"/>
            </mwa:WebAnalyticsService.Services>
        </mwa:WebAnalyticsService>
    </Application.ApplicationLifetimeObjects>

New Post: Development RoadMap

mscherotter — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:50:56 GMT

Guy,

As the author and maintainer of the project, I can assure you that the there are no "nasties" in the framework. We are not taking any outside submissions to the project. Being an open source framework, you can download and review the code at any time.

Michael