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Why not just use Pingdom which is designed for that? One thing Docs is good for though is building custom dashboards on a $0 budget. We've got one at https://s
by olegp 13y ago
Why not just use Pingdom which is designed for that?
One thing Docs is good for though is building custom dashboards on a $0 budget. We've got one at https://starthq.com https://starthq.com that shows our key metrics and graphs cohorts for the last few weeks.
- brennebeck 13y agoI'd be interested to know more about what you did with dashboards using Docs.
- olegp 13y agoWe created a simple API which gives us data ranges such as - /:start/:end - number of users registered within date range - /:start/:end/active - number of users registered within date range who were active within last week etc. etc. Then it's pretty straightforward to use ImportData & CONCATENATE, as well as fill down to create a matrix of cohorts, which can in turn be graphed. In general it's best to pull in the raw data with ImportData and then calculate percentages and such in the spreadsheet. The latter are updated when the cells they reference refresh. Docs refreshes ImportData sources once every hour, caching them in between, so the load on the server and DB is minimal and you end up with more or less current stats.
- brennebeck 13y agoAny chance you could email me to discuss? My email is in profile. Or PM on twitter if you prefer?
- olegp 13y agoNo email in your profile. Messaged you via Twitter.
- tlongren 13y agoDoesn't pingdom allow only one site on their free plan? One benefit of this method is the ability to monitor all your sites. No, scratch that. You get 10 "checks" with pingdom free.
- veritas20 13y agodetails?