--- title: "How to Use the Statistics Software Configuration in WHM" description: "The Statistics Software Configuration section of the WHM allows you to control the software being used to provide statistics to your users. This includes providing a status on how your server is..." url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/whm/statistics-software-config-whm/ date: 2016-05-19 modified: 2021-08-16 author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor" categories: ["WebHost Manager (WHM)"] type: post lang: en --- # How to Use the Statistics Software Configuration in WHM The **Statistics Software Configuration** section of the WHM allows you to control the software being used to provide statistics to your users. This includes providing a status on how your server is handling the statistics generation. You can also choose to make certain statistics generators available in addition to selecting the users who can modify the software. Finally, you can schedule the configuration for the processing frequency of the generated logs. You may want configure the statistics configuration to lessen the load on your server, or make logs process with more frequency depending on your operational requirements. ## Statistics Status Summary This section will notify you if the server is having any problems with processing the statistics logs. You can also select a user to see a summary report of the reports available to them, when they were last run, and click on the details for each. ### See Specific User’s Statistics Summary 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. [![Stats Software configuration menu](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg) Click on **Statistics Software Configuration** in the menu at left 3. [](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg)[![Click on the drop-down arrow](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg) In the **Statistics Status Summary** box, click on the drop-arrow for “User to Display”, then select the user that you wish to view 4. Click on **Go** in order to generate the report. ### Generators Configuration 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. [](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg)[![Click on the drop-down arrow](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/menu-stats-software-config.jpg) Click on **Statistics Software Configuration** in the menu at left then scroll down to the** Generators Configuration** section at right. 3. [![Click on the drop-down arrow](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2-generators-configuration.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2-generators-configuration.jpg) In the table you will see a list of the statistics generators. You can click on the check boxes to select if the stats generator can be seen by users and if they are active by default. 4. Click on the check box to allow the Awstats configuration file that allows a user defined configuration file to be included when the statistics are being processed ### Schedule Summary 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. [](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg)[![Click on the drop-down arrow](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg) Click on **Statistics Software Configuration** in the menu at left and scroll down to where it says **Schedule Summary**. You can see the stat type and when its current frequency for updates. ### Process Statistics for User 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. [](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg)[![Click on the drop-down arrow](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/2a-schedule-summary.jpg) Click on Statistics Software Configuration in the menu at left then scroll down until you find the section labeled **Process Statistics for User**. 3. Click on the drop down arrow to select the user from the list. 4. Once you have the name you want to use, click on **Go** in order to process the statistics for that user. ### User Permissions 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. Click on **Statistics Software Configuration** in the menu at left then find the **User Permissions** section. 3. [![Select users who can change web stats software](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/user-permissions.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/user-permissions.jpg) Select the users that you will allow to modify the statistics generating software they can use in cPanel. 4. [![Allow all users to change web stats software](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/allow-all-users.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/allow-all-users.jpg) If you want to allow ALL users to be able to modify their web statistic generating software, then click on the check box next to the option. ### Schedule Configuration 1. [Login to the WHM](/support/edu/whm/log-into-whm/) 2. Click on **Statistics Software Configuration** in the menu at left, then scroll down until you find **Schedule Configuration** 3. [![Set the log processing frequency](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4b-log-processing-freq.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4b-log-processing-freq.jpg) You can set the **Log Processing Frequency** to certain number of hours. Click in the field to change the current value, then click on **Change** in order to save the change. 4. [![Set the bandwidth processing frequency](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4c-bandwidth-processing-freq.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4c-bandwidth-processing-freq.jpg) To change the **Bandwidth Processing Frequency**, click on the field, change it to the number of hours that you prefer, then click on **Change** in order to save your entry. 5. [![Configure Statistic process time](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4d-statistics-schedule.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/4d-statistics-schedule.jpg) The final option that you can set in the **Schedule Configuration** section is the **Statistics Processing** times and the **Additional Options** where you can prevent the log processing and backups from running at the same time. Click on **Configure Statistic Process Time Schedule** in order to set these values. 6. [![Set hours where log analysis is not performed](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/stats-processing-times-1.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/stats-processing-times-1.jpg) Click on the check box of the hour where log analysis will *not* be performed. *Note the warning below the table. If there is not enough time to run the log analysis, then the logs may never be completely analyzed.* 7. [![Prevent log processing and backups from running simultaenously](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/additional-options.jpg)](/support/images/stories/stats-software-config/additional-options.jpg) The final check box is to prevent log processing and backups from running at the same time. As per the warning, make sure that the set times do not overlap for backups and log processing if the box is checked. Click on the check box in order to set this option.