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Basic Concepts
Site Profiles
A site profile specifies a set of parameters used by SurfStatsLive to determine the location of
one or more set(s) of log files (called log sources), what to extract from the log sources, what
logo to use when generating reports, a profile name, a password etc. SurfStatsLive stores the
information about site profiles in the site profile databases. An end user (also called a
SurfStatsLive user) logs into the SurfStatsLive Service with a profile name and password and
views reports based on the information contained in the specific site profile database. A
process that runs on the server updates the site profile databases (the Setup and
Administration Guide provides more detail about this).
Profile Groups
Profile Groups are used to group site profiles together. Normally a profile group is associated
with a specific Virtual Web Server, but it can also be associated with more than one Virtual
Web Server, for instance all the Virtual Web Servers in a clustered configuration. When a
profile group is created it is always associated with a log source. Site profiles created in the
profile group inherits the log source specification of the profile group. Only the Server
Administrator can change the log source specification of the site profile (if required).
Profile Administrators
Profile Administrators perform the role of administering site profiles for one or more profile
groups. One profile administrator can administer one or more profile groups, but a profile
group can only be administered by one profile administrator.