[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-6881) usage reporting reports same eclipse instance as different instances

[Andre Dietisheim (JIRA)]

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Andre Dietisheim commented on JBIDE-6881:
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There are 2 levels of uniqueness:

- session (aka work session in Eclipse) -> reported as "page view" / "unique page view"
- Eclipse instance -> reported as "New Visitor" / "Returning Visitor"

Eclipse instances should be trackable by querying the stats for 'Visitor Type' and the value 'New Visitor'. My plugin currently counts visits and GA recognizes this and reports accordingly (pretty picky tests should be done though).
It would be nice to have a match towards the sessions, too. Unfortunately I'm still not 100% sure how this stuff works. There are cookies for this (utmb, utmc) but no spec that details the values. My tries resulted in strange behaviors in GA (no reporting at all, 

> usage reporting reports same eclipse instance as different instances
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>                 Key: JBIDE-6881
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-6881
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: usage
>            Reporter: Andre Dietisheim
>            Assignee: Andre Dietisheim
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 3.2.0.Beta
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>   Original Estimate: 0 minutes
>  Remaining Estimate: 0 minutes
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> The current usage plugin should stick to the eclipse instance and report request as being sent by the same eclipse instance. Of course different eclipse instances should be treated as different instances. 
> Currently the plugin report requests from the same eclipse instance as being from different eclipse instances. 

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