Comments on KAIZEN Analytics: Dear WebTrends, I need some REST!

@Nikolaj: Well, a while ago, I asked someone at We...

2010-02-21T19:53:40.743+01:00

@Nikolaj: Well, a while ago, I asked someone at WebTrends and target date was more like Q2 2010 but nothing official yet.

However as target dates are meant to slip, I wouldn't be suprised if more like Q3 2010.

Indeed it will be a day of joy- even if I think it will be quite late (more than 1 year since launch of Insight).

And thanks for commenting.

Michael

I don't think webtrends 9 has a releasedate for so...

2010-02-21T14:49:23.047+01:00

I don't think webtrends 9 has a releasedate for software yet. But rumours say around september-october 2010.
It will indeed be a day of joy :-)

@Derek, Sorry for being a bit slow to moderate th...

2009-10-05T21:29:24.765+02:00

@Derek,

Sorry for being a bit slow to moderate this. I had to recover from all the emotions. Yes, REST will be in Software! So still crying but tears of joy this time. :-)

I have been told that it will be there but still wanted to express my interest in this great feature. And to make sure that it won't be discarded for whatever reasons.

I understand that Analytics 9 is such a change (and there are still work going on on the On Demand) that making of stable & robust Software version must be a challenge. One that takes time.

So thank you for your reply. Really appreciated. And more and more looking forward for the new version. But when? :-)

Cheers,

Michael

@Guillaume: I just hope that the next upgrade will...

2009-10-05T20:59:48.888+02:00

@Guillaume: I just hope that the next upgrade will go better than last time :-)

Your past work is still extensively used.

Cheers,

Michael

Michael, I've been meaning to reply for the past w...

2009-10-02T22:44:28.121+02:00

Michael,
I've been meaning to reply for the past week. I sincerely hope you are not still crying! I can't think of too many things worse then seeing you cry.

First, your sentiments about the data extraction API exciting you more than the introduction of our additional interface, Insight, is a fairly common thread. While we have gotten great customer feedback about Analytics Insight and the new capabilities such as the RSS overlay, at the end of the day the true value of web analytics is the data itself and using that data to make smarter business decisions. That is why we added the REST-based data extraction API to our Analytics 9 release and why there are no additional fees for our customers to use the API to get access to this data.

As you clearly state, this capability is only available in our hosted solution right now. But we developed the services (and the Analytics Insight interface) knowing that it will be deployed on-site at our software customers. Before we release it in software, we need to be absolutely certain that it will run as seamlessly in customer data centers as it does in ours. We are working on this, and ask for your patience for a short while. We will talk a bit more about this in general at our Engage conference next week in London, and I'll contact you offline to discuss one-on-one in more detail.

Hi Michael, have a look at Palo. It's a commercia...

2009-09-28T15:29:15.163+02:00

Hi Michael,

have a look at Palo. It's a commercial open source OLAP server. You can import data, integrate it with other sources and display it in Excel.

I really like it, because it's flexible and easy to use. Businesspeople can start easily and the IT crowd is just needed for bigger tasks.

http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html

Cheers,

Peter

You're welcome! ;) Those REST URL's sure seem int...

2009-09-28T09:57:20.173+02:00

You're welcome! ;)

Those REST URL's sure seem interesting. No more plug-in to install, which can be really useful in a big company like a car manufacturer or a bank for example...

Of course it means that we have to wait for the integration of the functionality in the software version, and upgrade the servers!

But anyway this is going in the right direction.

Guillaume.