clickmap_hit

How to download and try this example

Usage: pl -gif -map clickmap_hit.htm

Uses the data file hitcount.dat

See also hitcount2.



#setifnotgiven CGI =  "http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/showcgiargs"

#proc getdata
file: hitcount.dat
// the following filter strips seconds from the time value,
// then builds a ddMmmyyyy date and connects it with the time
// value (separated by a dot)
pf_fieldnames: datetime nbytes
filter: 
 	##set TIME = @@4
	##set TIME = $substring(@@TIME,1,5)
	@@3@@2@@6.@@TIME @@7

// use proc processdata to sum nbytes for each unique time value
#proc processdata
action: count
fields: datetime nbytes
// set field names for the result data set..
fieldnames: datetime nbytes

// #proc print
// label: After transform: nrecords=@NRECORDS nfields=@NFIELDS

// set up plotting area with datetime in X and autorange on the y axis.
#proc areadef
clickmapurl: @CGI?dt=@@XVAL
title: Intranet web page hits 
rectangle: 1 1 6 2.5
xscaletype: datetime ddMmmyyyy.hh:mm
xrange: 26Sep1999.00:00 02Oct1999.23:59
yautorange: datafield=nbytes nearest=20000 margin=50000 lowfix=0
yaxis.stubs: inc 50 1000
yaxis.labeldistance: 0.6
frame: yes

// do x axis showing day of week and y axis
#proc xaxis
stubs: inc 1 day
stubformat: Www
stubslide: 0.4
minorticinc: 6 hours

// do a 2nd X axis with month and day
#proc xaxis
stubs: inc 1 day
stubformat: Mmmdd
stubslide: 0.4
stubdetails: adjust=0,-0.14

// do a 3rd, hidden X axis with stubs every 6 hours, for the clickmap..
#proc xaxis
stubs: inc 6 hours
tics: none
axisline: none
stubomit: *
clickmap: grid

// use proc yaxis again to do grid lines at every 100 kB
#proc yaxis
grid: color=orange
gridskip: min
ticincrement: 100 1000

// make bar graph
#proc bars
locfield: datetime
lenfield: nbytes
thinbarline: color=green
truncate: yes