Getting started with the Published Content Report

Overview

You can invoke the Published Content Report in the following ways:

• From the Reporting Hub’s Native Reports section. Selecting the option displays the Published Content Report in a new tab in the RPI interface. You can open more than one Published Content Report at the same time, if required.

• From the Published Content Report option within a widget.

• From the same option, exposed within the quick access menu’s Reporting Hub task.

Note that access to the Published Content Report is controlled via the Published Content Report functional permission. If none of the user groups of which you are a member are associated with this permission, you will not be able to access the Published Content Report.

Published Content Report Basics

The Published Content Report is displayed in a separate tab in the RPI framework.

It contains the following:

• Header

• Published Content list

Header

The Published Content Report header exposes the following:

Show: this dropdown allows you to specify whether to display all types of published content in the list, or to limit the display to files of one or more specific types. You can choose from the following:

Each file type is accompanied by checkbox. All are checked by default. Any changes you make are reflected immediately at the published content list.

• From: this field allows you to define the start of the date range controlling which published content is to be shown in the list. Only content published within the defined date range is shown. From defaults to today - 14 days.

• To: accompanies From in allowing definition of the date range within which content shown in the list was published. It defaults to today.

• Search: this field allows you to search for published content with a name, page name, context, slot or URL matching the supplied search string. The filter is applied automatically.

• Previous Page: this button is enabled when a page’s worth of data other than the first is displayed. Clicking it displays the previous page’s data

• Next Page: this button is enabled when a page’s worth of data other than the last is displayed. Clicking it displays the next page’s data.

• Refresh: clicking this button initiates a manual refresh of the published content list, displaying content matching the currently-specified filter criteria.

• Filter By State: this dropdown allows you to specify whether to display all content (the default), or just published or unpublished content.

• Method: this dropdown allows you to filter the list to display only content that was published using a specific publish method. The following options are available:

• Order By: this dropdown allows you to order the contents of the list by name (the default) or published date.

• Ascending/Descending: this dropdown is used in conjunction with Order by.

• Auto-Refresh: this property allows you to define the frequency at which the published content list will be updated automatically. The following values are available:

  • Off

  • Every 5 Minutes (the default)

  • Every 15 Minutes

  • Every 30 Minutes

  • Every Hour

Your most recent setting is persisted and applied when you next open the Published Content Report.

Published Content List

The read-only published content list is displayed below the header, and displays all published content matching the currently-specified filter criteria.

If no content matches the criteria, a message is displayed.

Each piece of published content is displayed by default with its details hidden. The following are displayed for each:

• Icon: indicating the type of published content

• Name

• Type: one of Smart Asset, Landing Page, Advanced Smart Asset or Goal Smart Asset.

• Last Published: the date/time at which the content was last published.

• Published By: the username of the user who last published the content.

• Version: the version of the file at the point when the content was published.

The following additional properties are displayed when the details of a piece of content are shown:

• If the content is a smart asset (other than a goal or advanced smart asset), the following are shown:

• Published URL: you can copy the URL to the clipboard using a context menu option.

  • Context Path

  • Method: the method that was used to publish the content; one of Cache, or, if a web publish site, FTP, Network copy or External content provider.

  • Results: broken down by list asset.

• If the content is a landing page, the following are shown:

  • Published URL: you can copy the URL to the clipboard using a context menu option. You can also open the landing page in a browser using the hyperlink provided.

  • Context Path

  • Method

  • Date Unpublished

  • Unpublished By

  • Results: including Page Visits, Referrals and Form Submissions

• If the content is an advanced smart asset, the following are shown:

  • Published URL

  • Context Path

  • Method

  • Results

• If the content is a goal smart asset, the following are shown:

  • Published URL

  • Context Path

  • Method

  • Results

• If the content is a rule (selection rule or realtime decision), the following are shown:

  • Published URL

  • Context Path

  • Method

  • Date Unpublished

  • Unpublished By

  • Results

• The following buttons are displayed irrespective of file type:

  • View Realtime Details: displays the published content in the Realtime Details interface.

  • Open Latest Version: displays the published content file in an appropriate designer instance.

  • View File Information: displays the published content file's details in the File Information Dialog.

Closing the Published Content Report

You can close the Published Content Report at any time by closing the tab within which it is displayed, or by shutting down RPI itself.