How to Know the Most Visited Pages by User in Sharepoint

Through summary reports, SharePoint offers useful tools for site usage analysis.

The purpose of the site or site collection usage summary reports in SharePoint is to help site managers and site collection administrators evaluate the performance and analyze usage statistics for a specific SharePoint site or site collection. These reports display a graphical summary of top users, top pages visited, most frequently accessed pages, top search queries and more. Additionally, these reports provide insight about under-performing site elements that could be assessed for removal or update.

Instructions

Access Usage Report through the User Interface

1. Access the top-level site in the Site Collection in SharePoint for which you would like to see the usage summary.

2. Select “Site Settings” from the “Site Actions” menu. Click on the “Site collection usage reports” link under the “Site Collection Administration” heading.

3. View information about the most visited pages by users in the “Top Pages” section of the summary page.

Access Usage Report using SharePoint Designer

1. Open SharePoint Designer.

2. Navigate to the Site Collection in SharePoint for which you would like to see usage data by clicking “Open Site” on the “File” menu.

3. Click on the “Site” menu, hover over "Reports" with your mouse, point to "Usage" and select "Usage Summary." From this report, you will quickly be able to identify the top site user, the total number of visits, total page hits, and the top referring site.

Tips & Warnings

• To view usage reports in SharePoint, you will need to have site collection administrator access to the site collection or site owner access to the site.

References

• Microsoft Office: Use reports to measure site performance and usage
• Microsoft TechNet: Configure usage reporting
• LawLibTech; SharePoint's Site Usage Statistics; Cindy Chick; May 2009