Topic Last Modified: 2011-02-01

This report provides a summary of all conference activities. Conferences are sessions that involve three or more people.

Filters

Filters provide a way for you to return a more finely-targeted set of data or to view the returned data in different ways. For example, the Conference Summary Report enables you to choose how data should be grouped. In this case, conferences grouped by hour, day, week, or month.

The following table lists the filters that you can use with the Conference Summary Report.

Conference Summary Report Filters

Name Description

From

Start date/time for the time range. To view data by hours, enter both the start date and time as follows:

1/1/2011 1:00 PM

If you do not enter a start time, the report automatically begins at 12:00 AM on the specified day. To view data by day, enter just the date:

1/1/2011

To view by week or by month, enter a date that falls anywhere within the week or month that you want to view (you do not have to enter the first day of the week or month):

1/3/2011

Weeks always run from Sunday through Saturday.

To

End date/time for the time range. To view data by hours, enter both the end date and time as follows:

1/1/2011 1:00 PM

If you do not enter an end time, the report automatically ends at 12:00 AM on the specified day. To view data by day, enter just the date:

1/1/2011

To view by week or by month, enter a date that falls anywhere within the week or month that you want to view (you do not have to enter the first day of the week or month):

1/3/2011

Weeks always run from Sunday through Saturday.

Interval

Time interval. Select one of the following:

  • Hourly (a maximum of 25 hours can be displayed)

  • Daily (a maximum of 31 days can be displayed)

  • Weekly (a maximum of 12 weeks can be displayed)

  • Monthly (a maximum of 12 months can be displayed)

If the start and end dates exceed the maximum number of values allowed for the selected interval, only the maximum number of values (starting from the start date) are displayed. For example, if you select the Daily interval with a start date of 1/1/2011 and an end date of 2/28/2011, data is displayed for the days 8/1/2011 12:00 AM to 9/1/2011 12:00 AM (that is, a total of 31 days' worth of data).

Metrics

The following table the information provided by the Conferences Summary Report.

Conference Summary Report Metrics

Name Can you sort on this item? Description

Hourly

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

No

Indicates the time interval that you selected on the filter toolbar. Where applicable, you can click a given time interval to view detailed information for that interval. For example, if you are using the Daily interval and you click 1/1/2011, you see an hourly breakdown of user registration activity for that date.

Total conferences

No

Total number of conferences (regardless of conference type) that were held. When you click this item, the report shows you the Conference Activity Report for the selected time period.

Total participants

No

Total number of people who took part in the conferences. When you click this item, the report shows you the Conference Activity Report for the selected time period.

Average participants per conference

No

Average number of people who took part in a given conference. Determined by dividing the total conferences by the total participants.

Total A/V conferences

No

Total number of conferences that included audio or video.

Total A/V conference minutes

No

Total number of minutes devoted to audio/video conferencing.

Total A/V conference participant minutes

No

Total number of participant minutes devoted to audio/video conferencing. For example, suppose one user spends 5 minutes in an audio/video conference and a second user spends 3 minutes in that same conference. That makes a total of 8 participant minutes: 5 minutes plus 3 minutes.

Average A/V conference minutes

No

Average number of minutes per audio/video conference.

Total number of unique organizers of conferences

No

Total number of users who organized at least one conference. Users who organized more than one conference are counted as one unique organizer, just like users who only organized a single conference.

Total conference messages

No

Total number of instant messages sent during the conferences.