Disabling SOLR Statistics (DSpace 8)

[Peter]

Hi,

I'd prefer not to collect any usage statistics via SOLR. Can this be disabled altogether?

Thanks.

[DSpace Technical Support]

Hi,

Good question!  I dug around and discovered this isn't as easy as it should be.  I have found a way to disable the *tracking* of Solr usage statistics and documented it here: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC8x/SOLR+Statistics#SOLRStatistics-DisablingTrackingofStatistics

However, even when the tracking is disabled, the "Statistics" menu option is still appearing for Administrative users.  So, I logged a bug ticket about that here: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9698

So, if you follow the docs, you can disable all tracking.  But, right now, that "Statistics" menu is still going to appear until we find a volunteer to fix that bug.  (There are a few possible workarounds mentioned on the bug itself, but they all require code changes)

Tim

[Peter]

Hi,

Yes, I couldn't find anything about this.

I would prefer to use a dedicated platform to analyze the traffic, so I guess switching built-in DSpace usage statistics should be available.

Thank you for your help.