Can I see how many times a document in publications is downloaded?
Christine Cahoon Tue 10 Jan 2017
ETINU, by default, allows Google Analytics to record these downloads. When you login to your Google Analytics account, you can see their traffic recorded in the Behaviour menu.
Steps to take (see screenshot[1])
- change the dates so that they are set from when the document was first published (in this case in June 2016)
- go to Behaviour menu -> Site Content -> All pages and you'll see a full list of every page and document displayed in the table (can be quite large)
- to find traffic for a specific document, the list needs filtered—use the search box to type in the document number—in this example 6883.pdf and perform the search by selecting the magnifying glass icon.
The page refreshes to show only that document's traffic.
From the screenshot[1], the document has been downloaded by 51 unique users, as circled (the 61 shows that the several users have come back and downloaded it another time). It also looks like the most active downloads happened around September/October 2016 (maybe more publicity around then).