Hi,
We are on version 2.3. Right now, we run the log file analysis scripts once a day. My questions is if I want to backup all
the data this script generates, dump it to a mysql file, then delete all that data so that I can "start" as if I had never run
the script, do some testing, then delete that data, then reload the original data so that it is as if I had never done all this :-),
what tables should I backup, delete, recreate?
Here are the tables (from show tables):
piwik_access ?
piwik_archive_blob_2010_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2011_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2010_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2011_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_goal ?
piwik_log_action ?
piwik_log_conversion ?
piwik_log_conversion_item ?
piwik_log_link_visit_action ?
piwik_log_profiling ?
piwik_log_visit ?
piwik_logger_message ?
piwik_option ?
piwik_report ?
piwik_segment ?
piwik_session ?
piwik_site ?
piwik_site_url ?
piwik_user don't change
piwik_user_dashboard don't change
piwik_user_language don't change
I realize I would not want to do anything with the user tables, since I am only interested in resetting the usage
data. I am just not sure about the tables with ? at the end. I just want the db to basically be reset to the
beginning, but not change any user information. As I remember, when rebuilding the archive for a site, I
dropped the tables piwik_archive_numeric*, and delete from piwik_log_{visit,link_visit_action,conversion,
conversion_item} where id=thesitenumber. But, should I totally delete the information in these? What about
the others. I said above that the piwik_archive_blob ones I should backup/delete/restore, but at that time I
though that is what I did when I rebuilt the archives info. So I am not sure about them now....
Anyway, what should I do with each table (except user access for admins and list of websites) to:
1) make it appear as if it was never used
2) do my work with it
3) restore it to before step 1
Note, there is no live updates (javascript) of the dbs, all is done via the archive method....
Thanks,
Douglas
We are on version 2.3. Right now, we run the log file analysis scripts once a day. My questions is if I want to backup all
the data this script generates, dump it to a mysql file, then delete all that data so that I can "start" as if I had never run
the script, do some testing, then delete that data, then reload the original data so that it is as if I had never done all this :-),
what tables should I backup, delete, recreate?
Here are the tables (from show tables):
piwik_access ?
piwik_archive_blob_2010_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2011_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2012_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2013_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_blob_2014_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2010_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2011_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2012_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_08 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_09 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_10 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_11 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2013_12 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_01 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_02 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_03 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_04 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_05 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_06 backup/delete/restore
piwik_archive_numeric_2014_07 backup/delete/restore
piwik_goal ?
piwik_log_action ?
piwik_log_conversion ?
piwik_log_conversion_item ?
piwik_log_link_visit_action ?
piwik_log_profiling ?
piwik_log_visit ?
piwik_logger_message ?
piwik_option ?
piwik_report ?
piwik_segment ?
piwik_session ?
piwik_site ?
piwik_site_url ?
piwik_user don't change
piwik_user_dashboard don't change
piwik_user_language don't change
I realize I would not want to do anything with the user tables, since I am only interested in resetting the usage
data. I am just not sure about the tables with ? at the end. I just want the db to basically be reset to the
beginning, but not change any user information. As I remember, when rebuilding the archive for a site, I
dropped the tables piwik_archive_numeric*, and delete from piwik_log_{visit,link_visit_action,conversion,
conversion_item} where id=thesitenumber. But, should I totally delete the information in these? What about
the others. I said above that the piwik_archive_blob ones I should backup/delete/restore, but at that time I
though that is what I did when I rebuilt the archives info. So I am not sure about them now....
Anyway, what should I do with each table (except user access for admins and list of websites) to:
1) make it appear as if it was never used
2) do my work with it
3) restore it to before step 1
Note, there is no live updates (javascript) of the dbs, all is done via the archive method....
Thanks,
Douglas