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mod_measure_active_users: Calculate active user counts over fixed time periods
author | Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:35:00 +0000 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/mod_measure_active_users/README.md Wed Nov 17 13:35:00 2021 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +--- +labels: +- 'Stage-Alpha' +summary: 'Measure number of daily, weekly and monthly active users' +... + +Introduction +============ + +This module calculates the number of daily, weekly and monthly active users - +often abbreviated as DAU, WAU and MAU. + +These metrics are more accurate for determining how many people are actually +using a service. For example simply counting registered accounts will typically +include many dormant accounts that aren't really being used. Many servers also +track the number of connected users. This is a useful metric for many purposes, +but it is generally lower than the actual number of users - because some users +may only connect at certain times of day. + +The module defines "activity" as any login/logout event during the time period, +and for this it depends on mod_lastlog2 being loaded (it reads the data stored +by mod_lastlog2). Each individual user is only counted once. + +"Daily" means any event within the past 24 hours, "weekly" means within the +past 7 days, and "monthly" means within the past 30 days. + +Details +======= + +The user count is calculated shortly after startup, and then recalculated +hourly after that. + +Metrics are exported using Prosody's built-in statistics API. + +There is no configuration for this module. + +Compatibility +============= + +Requires Prosody 0.11 or later with mod_lastlog2 enabled.