Date Posted: May 11, 2009
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- 1. How do I add a new Vendor in MMMS?
- 2. How do I add a new Offering to my Vendor?
- 3. How do I add a new Consumer in MMMS?
- 4. How do I add a new Group in MMMS?
- 5. How do I install MMMS?
- 6. How do I edit an Offering in MMMS?
- 7. How do I export the data from MMMS into other formats like JSON, an Atom feed, or CSV?
- 8. What if I only want to export some of the data for an offering and not all of it?
- 9. How do I use the Custom Metrics Javascript Link in my offering?
- 10. How do I create a chart from my data in MMMS?
- 11. How do I create a new report in MMMS?
1. How do I add a new Vendor in MMMS?
First, you must be logged out of MMMS. To do this, click Logout in the upper righthand corner. To register a new Vendor, just click on the Register menu button, fill out the new Vendor information and click Register. You now have a new Vendor registered with MMMS.
2. How do I add a new Offering to my Vendor?
First, click on the My Offerings button at the top of the screen to get a list of all your current offerings. Above the list of your current offerings, you should see the Add Offering button. Click this to go to the Add Offering screen. Enter a Name and Description and register predefined metrics for your offering by clicking on the Quick Register button and checking the metrics you would like to capture. From here, you can create your own custom metrics by using the Add Metric box below the list of current metrics. Just enter a Name and Type then you can limit the Valid Values by using a comma-separated list (a,b,c,d....) and set the metric as Required (metric must be present to record data). Now just hit Register and you've added a new offering.
3. How do I add a new Consumer in MMMS?
First, click on the My Offerings button at the top of the screen to get a list of all your current offerings, then click on Consumers. Above the list of your current consumers, you should see the Add Consumer button. Click this to go to the Add Consumer screen. Give the new consumer a Name, Email, ConsumerID, and optionally add them to a previously created Group. Now, you can add limits on the consumer's access to certain Offerings. Just click Add Limit, choose the Offering to limit on, choose the Limiting factor (such as hits), and set the limiting Amount. Click Add Limit to save the limit and then Submit to save the new consumer.
4. How do I add a new Group in MMMS?
First, click on the My Offerings button at the top of the screen to get a list of all your current offerings, then click on Groups. Above the list of your current groups, you should see the Add Group button. Click this to go to the Add Group screen. Give the new group a Name and Description Now, you can add limits on the group's access to certain Offerings. Just click Add Limit, choose the Offering to limit on, choose the Limiting factor (such as hits), and set the limiting Amount. Click Add Limit to save the limit and then Submit to save the new group.
5. How do I install MMMS?
See the README file included with the MMMS installation files.
6. How do I edit an Offering in MMMS?
First, click on the My Offerings button at the top of the screen to get a list of all your current offerings. In the list of current offerings, there is an Edit column where you can click on the icon to go to the Edit Offering page.
In the Edit Offering page, you can edit the Offering description, change the Required value for current metrics, and use the Add Metrics button to add new metrics the same way as when you first created the Offering.
Below the Metrics table, you will see Blacklist which allows you to stop a record from being logged based on a certain metric's value. To add something to the blacklist, just click Add Rule and select the metric/value you wish to blacklist.
Under the blacklist table, there is Whitelisting, which allows you to only allow records to be logged that contain a certain metric/value pair. To add to the whitelist, just click Add Rule and then select a metric/value you wish to whitelist.
Next is the Formula section where you can add a formula based on your offering's data. To add a formula, click Add Formula. Enter a Name and then use the Elements (treat them like numbers) and Operations ( + - * / ) to build a formula based on your Offering'sdata.
The final part of Edit Offering is the Clear Transactions section. Here, you can remove data logged on a certain date, data range, or when a metric is a certain value. Just click on the appropriate radio button and then click Clear Transactions.
7. How do I export the data from MMMS into other formats like JSON, an Atom feed, or CSV?
After clicking on the My Offerings button in the MMMS interface, click on the Export tab. Under Basic Export, you can export an entire offering in either JSON, Atom, or CSV formats.
8. What if I only want to export some of the data for an offering and not all of it?
After clicking on the My Offerings button in the MMMS interface, click on the Export tab. Under Advanced Export you have the same formatting options as Basic Export (JSON, CSV, and Atom), but you can limit which records get exported based on any of your recorded metrics. For instance, you can only export records received in a certain date range by limiting a timestamp metric to a date range. Or you can limit metrics with enumerations to only specific values in that enumeration.
9. How do I use the Custom Metrics Javascript Link in my offering?
To use the Custom Metrics Javascript Link, all you have to do is put the link given to you in your Offering Details into a script tag () into the offering you're trying to track. Once this is included, every time the asset is unloaded, data will be logged by MMMS. To log your custom variables, all you have to do is set them in javascript. The name of the variables you have to set are below the link in your Offering's Details. So if you have a custom metric named Username, you just have to set the variable Username_var = “Some_Name”; in javascript and it will be recorded on unload. If you want to record data at a time other than on unload, just call the function, MMMSprocessExit() and it will send a record to MMMS.
10. How do I create a chart from my data in MMMS?
To create a new chart in MMMS, click on the Dashboard button at the upper right. Here, you will see options to View/Create a Chart. Select Create New Chart from the dropdown box and click Go. You are now looking a the Chart Options section. Fill in Chart Title and Description, then select an Offering to make a chart about. Choose a Chart Type and the Type of graph to display it as. From here, you can choose the other options if you would like and click Preview Chart. This should bring up the chart and give you the option to Save or Delete the chart.
11. How do I create a new report in MMMS?
To create a new report in MMMS, click on the Dashboard button at the upper right. Here, you will see options to View/Create a Report. Select Create New Report from the dropdown box and click Go. Fill in the Report Title and Description of your choosing and then select from the box, the charts you would like to see in your report. Click Preview Report once you have selected your charts and you will see your generated report. Add a Conclusion and click Save to save the report and Set as Dashboard to see that report whenever you first click the Dashboard button.
