Logging user interface activity with control placement and activity information
The described technology is generally directed towards logging activity of a user interface in a web application. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor, and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, that include receiving user interface information describing a user interface of the web application. The operations can further include receiving activity information corresponding to operation of the user interface, and the activity information can comprise an indication of a user interface event comprising placement information for a user interface control of the user interface that triggered the user interface event. The operations can further include combining the user interface information with the activity information, resulting in a log of the operation of the user interface.
1. A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving user interface information describing a user interface of a web application;
receiving activity information corresponding to operation of the user interface, wherein the activity information comprises an indication of a user interface event and placement information for a user interface control of the user interface that triggered the user interface event, wherein the placement information comprises a defined zone of the user interface where a displayed position of the user interface control is located, and coordinates of the displayed position, wherein the user interface information comprises the defined zone, wherein the placement information for the user interface control further comprises a size of the user interface control, and wherein the size of the user interface control comprises a relative size of the user interface control compared to the user interface;
based on the defined zone, the placement information, and the indication of the user interface event, generating an identifier that identifies the user interface control as different from other user interface controls of the user interface; and
combining the identifier with the activity information, resulting in a log of the operation of the user interface.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface control is generated based on hypertext markup code without the identifier assigned to the user interface control, and wherein the log of the operation of the user interface comprises the identifier and the indication of the user interface event.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is displayed on a single web page with code of the user interface being retrieved for display by a single page load.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the placement information for the user interface control further comprises a hypertext markup language element type of the user interface control.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the coordinates of the displayed position of the user interface control in the user interface comprise grid coordinates corresponding to displayed pixels of the user interface.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the user interface control comprises a graphical button, and wherein the user interface event is a click of the graphical button by a graphical pointer.
7. A method, comprising:
determining, by a first device comprising a processor, user interface information describing a user interface of a web-based application;
facilitating, by the first device, receiving activity information corresponding to operation of the user interface, wherein the activity information comprises an indication of a user interface event and placement information for a user interface control of the user interface that triggered the user interface event, wherein the placement information comprises a defined zone of the user interface where a displayed position of the user interface control is located, and coordinates of the displayed position, wherein the user interface information comprises the defined zone, wherein the placement information for the user interface control further comprises a size of the user interface control, and wherein the size of the user interface control comprises a relative size of the user interface control compared to the user interface;
based on the defined zone, the placement information, and the indication of the user interface event, generating, by the first device, an identifier that identifies the user interface control as different from other user interface controls of the user interface; and
facilitating, by the first device, communication of the activity information and the user interface information to a second device for combining, by the second device, the identifier with the activity information, to result in a log of the operation of the user interface.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the placement information for the user interface control comprises the defined zone of the user interface where the user interface control is located, and wherein the user interface information comprises the placement information.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user interface control is generated based on hypertext markup code without the identifier assigned to the user interface control, and wherein the log of the operation of the user interface comprises the generated identifier and the indication of the user interface event.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user interface is displayed on a single web page with code of the user interface being retrieved for display by a single page load.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the placement information for the user interface control further comprises a position of the user interface control in relation to other displayed controls.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the coordinates of the displayed position of the user interface control in the user interface comprise grid coordinates corresponding to displayed pixels of the user interface.
13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user interface control comprises a graphical button, and wherein the user interface event is a click of the graphical button by a graphical pointer.
14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving user interface information describing a user interface of an application;
receiving activity information corresponding to operation of the user interface, wherein the activity information comprises an indication of a user interface event and placement information for a user interface control of the user interface that triggered the user interface event, wherein the placement information comprises a defined zone of the user interface where a displayed position of the user interface control is located, and coordinates of the displayed position, wherein the user interface information comprises the defined zone, wherein the placement information for the user interface control further comprises a size of the user interface control, and wherein the size of the user interface control comprises a relative size of the user interface control compared to the user interface;
based on the defined zone, the placement information, and the indication of the user interface event, generating an identifier that identifies the user interface control as different from other user interface controls of the user interface; and
combining the identifier with the activity information, resulting in logged information representative of the operation of the user interface.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the application is a web-based application, and wherein the operation of the user interface comprised displaying the user interface of the web-based application on a single web page, with code of the user interface being retrieved with a single page load.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the receiving the user interface information comprises receiving the user interface information from a second device; and wherein the operations further comprise facilitating communication of the logged information to the second device.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the coordinates of the displayed position of the user interface control in the user interface comprise grid coordinates corresponding to displayed pixels of the user interface.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the user interface control comprises a graphical button, and wherein the user interface event is a click of the graphical button by a graphical pointer.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the placement information for the user interface control comprises the defined zone of the user interface where the user interface control is located, and wherein the user interface information comprises the placement information.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the user interface control is generated based on hypertext markup code without the identifier assigned to the user interface control, and wherein the log of the operation of the user interface comprises the generated identifier and the indication of the user interface event.