{"id":308,"date":"2014-12-16T05:48:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T09:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vyapin.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2014\/12\/16\/managing-sharepoint-farms-made-easier\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:37:12","slug":"managing-sharepoint-farms-made-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/managing-sharepoint-farms-made-easier","title":{"rendered":"Managing SharePoint Farms made easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Vyapin\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/products\/sharepoint-reporting-tool\">SharePoint Farm Reporter<\/a><\/strong> has been improved to provide better, quicker, more useful reports both in interactive mode (<strong>Quick Reports<\/strong>) and schedule mode (<strong>Power Reports<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<h2>New Features<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">SharePoint Farm Reporter now uses a new usage data processing engine to extract relevant data from IIS logs and display it in the required format under its many reports. This enables administrators to view details like:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-position: outside;\">\n<li>\u00a0List Hits<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Page Hits<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Site Visitors<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Site Hits Summary<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Site Usage Summary<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"justify\">Besides this, the <strong>Monthly Usage Reports<\/strong> covers SharePoint versions 2007, 2010 and 2013 to provide important usage information such as:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-position: outside;\">\n<li>\u00a0List Hits<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Page Hits<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Site Visitors<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Site Hits Summary<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Improved features and reports<\/h3>\n<p align=\"justify\">1)\u00a0SharePoint Farm Reporter now supports SharePoint\u2019s \u2013 alternate access mapping &amp; extend web applications into new zones. These additions extend the range\/zone of reports and allows the administrators to use both public and internal URLs to view reports about a Site of his\/her interest.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li>For example:<\/li>\n<li>Public Url\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0: \u00a0 http:\/\/sharepoint.vyapin.com\/<\/li>\n<li>Internal Url : \u00a0 http:\/\/sharepoint2010:11810\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">This also allows the administrator to see which users have come through which zones to access their content, at what time and how frequently.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">2)\u00a0A <strong>Modify Report<\/strong> button has been added to allow the administrator to alter &#8211; Scope, URL, and Date Range to refresh report data quickly and according to reporting requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-modify-sharepoint-report.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"1106\" data-lbwps-height=\"424\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-modify-sharepoint-report-300x115.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-modify-sharepoint-report.png\" alt=\"Modify SharePoint Report\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">3)\u00a0A feature to set the <strong>Date Range<\/strong> has been provided within the first few steps of the Quick Reports Wizard to allow the administrator to gather data\/report for the stated duration or time horizon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-quick-reports-with-date-range.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"680\" data-lbwps-height=\"487\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-quick-reports-with-date-range-300x215.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-quick-reports-with-date-range.png\" alt=\"Quick Reports with Date Range\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">4) SharePoint\u00a0Farm Reporter also stores a history of URLs provided by the application user and displays this as a list in a dropdown menu allowing the user to select the preferred URL. The visited URLs are stored for the duration of the session the application remains active.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-history-of-urls.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"680\" data-lbwps-height=\"487\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-history-of-urls-300x215.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-history-of-urls.png\" alt=\"history of URLs\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">5)\u00a0The administrator can enter a database name when configuring SharePoint Farm Reporter in its first use. This is intended to help the administrator comply with any corporate IT management policies that may be in effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-enter-a-database-name.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"691\" data-lbwps-height=\"493\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-enter-a-database-name-300x214.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-enter-a-database-name.png\" alt=\"enter a database name when configuring SharePoint Farm Reporter\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">6)\u00a0The scope of the List Visits reports has been expanded to report all Lists in the connected Sites and its Sub-Sites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-report-all-lists-in-the-connected-sites-and-sub-sites.png\" data-lbwps-width=\"680\" data-lbwps-height=\"487\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-report-all-lists-in-the-connected-sites-and-sub-sites-300x215.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/sfr-report-all-lists-in-the-connected-sites-and-sub-sites.png\" alt=\"Report all Lists in the connected Sites and its Sub-Sites\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">SharePoint Farm Reporter is a wide ranging <strong>SharePoint Farm level audit and reporting solution<\/strong> created to keep SharePoint administrators updated with the status and changes in their farms.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Try out this solution in your SharePoint Farm now by downloading it from here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/products\/sharepoint-reporting-tool\"><strong>https:\/\/www.vyapinsoftware.com\/products\/sharepoint-reporting-tool<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vyapin\u2019s SharePoint Farm Reporter has been improved to provide better, quicker, more useful reports both in interactive mode (Quick Reports) and schedule mode (Power Reports). 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