Customized Apache Log Format

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pmc cftp4
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Can WebLog Expert support customized Apache log format? Our apache log format looks like this:
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %{AUTHREMOTE_EMAIL}i \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %{googletrack}C" pmc

We need to map %{AUTHREMOTE_EMAIL}i to authenticated users so that we can trace the authenticated users and their corresponding web activity.

Any suggestion on how to configure weblog expert is appreciated.
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Michael
The program doesn't support customized apache format, so you can only use the default Combined format. However, you can place the %{AUTHREMOTE_EMAIL}i field on the place of the username field (%u) so the program will report it as authenticated user names.
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pmc cftp4
Thanks Michael, I will give that a try and let you know if we have any success!
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Roy Haroush
Hi Michael,
can you elaborate on how to add a stringed data into the username field under visitors ?

we have users sending information in the following format:
http://***.******.com/services/update...? username=*********&password=*********

Thanks !

Roy
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Michael
Quote from Roy Haroush
Hi Michael,
can you elaborate on how to add a stringed data into the username field under visitors ?

we have users sending information in the following format:
http://***.******.com/services/update...? username=*********&password=*********

Thanks !

Roy
It's not possible to add this data to the Authenticated Users table (i.e. merge it with "usual" usernames from logs), but it is possible to create a separate table with list of these usernames if you use the Professional or Enterprise edition.

You can add such table in Options > Report > Tables. When you create the table, choose "Query parameter value" as main data, click the "Custom..." button to the right of this field and enter "username" (without quotes) as parameter name.
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Roy Haroush
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Hi Michael,
can you elaborate on how to add a stringed data into the username field under visitors ?

we have users sending information in the following format:
http://***.******.com/services/update...? username=*********&password=*********

Thanks !

Roy
Michael,
Thank you very much, that did the trick, and i can now parse against every query parameter, not only usernames sent over in tokens.
much appreciated !
For everyone thinking of purchasing this application, it is the best, most agile and powerful Log analyzer software i have ever used.
Totally worth the $$$.

Thanks Again.

Roy
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Roy Haroush
Quote from Roy Haroush
Hi Michael,
can you elaborate on how to add a stringed data into the username field under visitors ?

we have users sending information in the following format:
http://***.******.com/services/update...? username=*********&password=*********

Thanks !

Roy
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Michael
Quote from Roy Haroush
Hi Michael,
can you elaborate on how to add a stringed data into the username field under visitors ?

we have users sending information in the following format:
http://***.******.com/services/update...? username=*********&password=*********

Thanks !

Roy
Thank you very much for the great review and feedback, Roy! We appreciate it a lot!