Adding Google Analytics to dSpace

[Camilo Freire]

Hi:

I would like to add Google Analtyics to a DSpace 6 with jspui. In the documentation I've found that it would be two different places in which the configuration of Google Analytics could be added: in de config/dspace.cfg file, changing the jspui.google.analytics.key variable and config/modules/google-analtyics.cfg. My goal is to attach my dSpace to a Google mail account so I suppose that the first is the correct one.

I gould like to know:

1) is it enough to set the jspui.google.analytics.key in the dspace.cfg file in order to attach Google Analytics to my account?

2) should I re compile dSpace in order to make the changes work?

Thanks in advance

Camilo Freire

[Jose Miguel Santana]

Hi,

1) Yes. As soon as you configure your Google Analytics Key, it's inserted as JS code in the HEAD section of every JSP page. At least in DSpace-CRIS 5.10 (JSPUI) works that way

2) If you edit the final destination of dspace.cfg (for example /usr/local/dspace/dspace.cfg) you just need to restart Tomcat. If you edit your source code, you need to recompile in order to propagate changes to final destination. I prefer last option.