Data collection for advanced reporting

A Magento instance collects data that the Magento Business Intelligence (MBI) service uses to build the advanced reports. All the data are stored in an encrypted archive file which is securely transferred to the MBI. Data collection is declared in a configuration file etc/analytics.xml. It declares:

  • Which report files must be included into the archive file.
  • Which provider classes must collect data for each report file.
  • Which report data configuration must be applied to collected data.

This topic serves to provide better understanding of how data collection works. Any changes in configuration files will cause issues, because the MBI service doesn’t expect any changes of configuration in the current version.

Example

An example of the etc/analytics.xml file:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Analytics:etc/analytics.xsd">
    <file name="modules">
        <providers>
            <reportProvider name="modules" class="Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider">
                <parameters>
                    <name>modules</name>
                </parameters>
            </reportProvider>
        </providers>
    </file>
    <file name="store_config">
        <providers>
            <customProvider name="store_config" class="Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider"/>
        </providers>
    </file>
    <file name="stores">
        <providers>
            <reportProvider name="stores" class="Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider">
                <parameters>
                    <name>stores</name>
                </parameters>
            </reportProvider>
            <customProvider name="store_config" class="Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider"/>
        </providers>
    </file>
</config>

The example configuration file declares the following:

  • The modules.csv, store_config.csv, and stores.csv report files must be included in the archive file prepared for the MBI service.
  • modules.csv must contain data provided by the \Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider class. Provided data must be configured according to the modules report declarations defined in the etc/reports.xml file.
  • store_config.csv must contain data provided by the Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider class.
  • stores.csv must contain data provided by the \Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider class. Provided data is configured according to the store_config report declarations defined in the etc/reports.xml file. Also, the report file must contain data provided by the Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider class.

Extensibility

Configuration of data collection can be extended or changed in any module adding the corresponding <module_name>/etc/analytics.xml file with nodes that must be changed or added.

Structure

The etc/analytics.xsd schema declares the structure of the etc/analytics.xml file.

nameparametersreportProvidercustomProvidercustomProviderprovidersfile0..∞config

<config>

Configuration of an XML.

Attribute Description Constant value Use
xmlns:xsi Default namespace declaration "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" Required
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation An XML Schema document that does not have a target namespace "urn:magento:module:Magento_Analytics:etc/analytics.xsd" Required

<file>

A report file (.csv by default) with collected data to be added to the archive file. The \Magento\Analytics\Model\ReportWriter class is responsible for a decision about a data file extension (.csv, .json, etc.).

Attribute Description Example value Use
name A filename with no extension "modules" Required
prefix Reserved for future use. – – 
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<config ...>

    <!-- Adds a report file `module.csv` to the archive file -->
    <file name="modules">
        ...
    </file>

    <!-- Adds a report file `stores.csv` to the archive file -->
    <file name="stores">
        ...
    </file>

</config>

<providers>

The node must contain a <reportProvider> node, or a <customProvider> node, or both.

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...
    <file ...>
        <!-- A report provider adds data to the report file  -->
        <providers>
            <reportProvider ...>
        </providers>
    </file>

    <file ...>
        <!-- A custom provider adds data to the report file  -->
        <providers>
            <customProvider ...>
        </providers>
    </file>

    <file ...>
        <providers>
            <!-- A report provider and a custom provider add data to the report file  -->
            <reportProvider ...>
            <customProvider ...>
        </providers>
    </file>
...

<reportProvider>

A class that provides data for a report file. It can contain parameters.

Attribute Description Example value Use
name A provider name modules Required
class Full name of a class that provides data "Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider" Required

Currently there is only one report provider available that is Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider.

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...
    <providers>
        <!-- A report provider `stores` uses the `Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider` class to collect report data -->
        <reportProvider name="stores" class="Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider">
            ...
        </reportProvider>
    </providers>
...

<parameters>

Parameters used by <reportProvider>. Currently there is only one parameter is available. It is declared in <name>.

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...
    <reportProvider name="stores" class="Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider">
        <!-- The report provider `stores` uses a configuration of a report with name `store_report` declared in `etc/reports.xml` -->
        <parameters>
            <name>store_report</name>
        </parameters>
    </reportProvider>
...

If reportProvider class="Magento\Analytics\ReportXml\ReportProvider", then <name> references to the <report name /> in reports.xml.

<customProvider>

A class that provides data for a report file. It cannot contain any parameters.

Attribute Description Example value Use
name A provider name “store_config” Required
class Full name of a class that provides data "Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider" Required 
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...
    <providers>
        <!-- A report provider `store_config` uses the `Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider` class to collect report data -->
        <customProvider name="store_config" class="Magento\Analytics\Model\StoreConfigurationProvider"/>
    </providers>
...

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Modules providing advanced reporting

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