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Errors and Exceptions tracking of sites & apps #7544

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d4rken opened this issue Mar 26, 2015 · 1 comment
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Errors and Exceptions tracking of sites & apps #7544

d4rken opened this issue Mar 26, 2015 · 1 comment
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Enhancement For new feature suggestions that enhance Matomo's capabilities or add a new report, new API etc.

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@d4rken
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d4rken commented Mar 26, 2015

See matomo-org/matomo-sdk-android#33

Piwiks Android SDK supports automatic catching and tracking of Exceptions. I raised concerns that Piwik is not really suitable for this to due to lack over server-side tools.

What confused me intially was not understanding the usecase for this functionality. I thought it was a move to offer Piwik as Issue-Tracker/Bug-Tracker (like ACRA or Crashlytics) and i think Piwik isn't suitable for that.
Later i came to the conclusion that i probably missinterpreted it, and the real usecase for this is tracking page flows more accurately.
i.e. tracking this flow:
Entry->PageA->EventB->PageC->EventD->Exception
You could see this as a page flow ending in a crash causing you to do further investigation or being able to use this information in conjunction with a real crashtracker.

Suggestions for improvements:

  • Create an extra category like "Downloads", i.e. "Errors" and use that to move the data out of the "Events" section.
  • Add an option to this new "Errors" section that shows you page flows ending with errors.
  • Add filters for errors by software version and device characteristic.
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mattab commented Mar 27, 2015

Hi @d4rken thanks for posting this issue and your detailed thoughts (in matomo-org/matomo-sdk-android#33 (comment))!

FYI: for now we can't make good progress in this area but having a great Exception/Errors reporting tool is in the scope of what the Piwik platform could offer in the future. we may come back to it in a few months, in relation to #5257 - our first small step towards this greater goal will be #7131

@mattab mattab added the Enhancement For new feature suggestions that enhance Matomo's capabilities or add a new report, new API etc. label Mar 27, 2015
@mattab mattab added this to the Mid term milestone Mar 27, 2015
@mattab mattab modified the milestones: Long term, Mid term Dec 5, 2016
@mattab mattab changed the title Piwik to measure Errors and Exceptions of apps Errors and Exceptions tracking of sites & apps Jul 9, 2022
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