Monitoring on-line users
You can monitor users currently connected to the website on the On-line users tab of the Users application. This monitoring can be useful for various site administration purposes. In addition to providing information, the functionality also provides a way to temporarily kick a specific user off the website and initiate chat with a user.
Users are identified as on-line when a new session between a client browser and the server is started. The user is considered off-line if the session expires or when the user logs off. This means that users are still considered on-line for some time when they close their web browser without signing off.
For more general information about users and site membership, please refer to the Managing users chapter.
On-line users web part
You can use the On-line users web part to display the number of on-line users on your site.
The web part displays a summary defined by the Additional info text property, followed by a list of users that are currently on-line. Users are displayed based on the transformation specified in the Transformation name property.
On-line users web part properties
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Transformation name |
Sets the transformation used to display the on‑line users. You can use the default CMS.Root.OnLineUsers transformation, which displays user names separated by spaces. |
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Path |
If you enter an alias path here, only users that are accessing pages found under the specified path will be displayed. |
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Select top N |
Sets the maximum number of users that can be selected and displayed. |
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Additional info text |
Sets the text which will be displayed above the list of on-line users. You can use the following formatting macros that will be resolved into the appropriate number: {0} - number of all connected users {2} - number of connected registered users {1} - number of connected anonymous users |
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No users on-line text |
Sets the text that will be displayed if no users are currently on-line. |
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Columns |
Lists which columns should be loaded from the CMS_User or CMS_UserSettings tables along with user records. Column names need to be separated by commas ( , ). Specifying a list without unnecessary columns may significantly improve performance. These columns may be used in the code of the specified transformation to display data related to the on‑line users. |