7.1 Using Google Analytics as an External Dashboard

CloudAccess enables administrators to use Google Analytics as an external dashboard to monitor and analyze CloudAccess usage. Once you have completed the free Google Analytics registration process for the CloudAccess appliance, data is available for analysis within a few hours. You can also do your own data mining with the API that Google provides. For more information, see the Google Analytics website.

To set up Google Analytics for CloudAccess:

  1. (Conditional) If you do not already have a Google account, set one up on the Google web site.

  2. Sign in to your Google account and select the option to register for Google Analytics.

  3. Select the option to monitor a website and provide the base URL for the CloudAccess appliance. Google Analytics tracks both user and admin logins. For example, https://appliance_dns_name.

  4. Specify an account name. This account name is only for managing Google Analytics and does not affect anything in CloudAccess. You can share this account name as needed.

  5. Log in to the CloudAccess administration console.

  6. On the Admin page, drag the Google Analytics icon from the Tools palette to the Tools panel.

  7. Enter the Tracking ID (not the tracking code) that Google provided during the registration process and click OK.

  8. Click Apply and wait for the appliance to update.

NOTE:If you have any issues with configuring the Google Analytics tool in the administration console, such as the tool being invisible on the Tools palette, verify that you do not have any ad blockers running in your browser that might be interfering with administration tasks. You should be able to disable any ad blockers on the web page itself.