SharePoint 2010: Site Web Analytics Reports Issue/Error

ISSUE:

You are trying to access “Site Web Analytics Reports” on your site using the below URL

http://<Your_Site_URL>/_layouts/UsageDetails.aspx

But everytime, you try to access the report, you are getting error message, which is mentioned below:

Unexpected failure.

 Troubleshooting Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

 Correlation ID: 1e9c-4f07-0eb920fa-9311-b353aa6eac13

 Date and Time: 08/15/2012 13:08:05 


RESEARCH:

I checked and found that we can access the report by directly accessing the URL mentioned below
http://<Your_site_URL>/_layouts/WebAnalytics/Report.aspx?t=SummaryReport&l=s

When i browse the above url, i get below message:

This report displays all available metrics Web Analytics for the specified date range, and the tendency to change the date range above. This requires that the new SharePoint user experience is on. A site owner or administrator can enable the new experience from the Site Actions menu option or from the title, description and appearance of Site Settings.

RESOLUTION:

This is the new feature made available in SharePoint 2010, hence the Visual upgrade of site is a must to work this. Which means the current look n feel of 2007 need to be upgrade to 2010. Once this is performed the site display will change many things and remove any kind of custom work on the site.

Create and configure the View Web Analytics Data permission

After the Web Analytics service application is configured, the View Web Analytics Data permission needs to be created for users that are not a site collection administrator or site owner. This is the minimum required permission needed to view Web Analytics reports. End users who need to access a Web Analytics report must have this permission assigned to them.

To create the View Web Analytics Data permission for a site or site collection

• Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is that of a site collection administrator or a site owner.
• From a site or site collection, click Site Permissions from the Site Actions menu.
• On Site Permissions page, on the Edit tab, in the Manage group, click Permission Levels.
• Click Add a Permission Level.
• In the Name field, type View Web Analytics Data.
• In the Permissions section, under the List Permissions, select the View Application Pages check box.
• In the Permissions section, under the Site Permissions, select the View Web Analytics Data and Enumerate Permissions check boxes.
• Click Create.

To configure the View Web Analytics Data permission for a site or site collection

• Verify that the user account that is performing this procedure is that of a site collection administrator or a site owner.
• From a site or site collection, click Site Permissions from the Site Actions menu.
• On the Site Permissions page, on the Edit tab, in the Grant group, click Grant Permissions.
• In the Users/Groups box, add the users that will be granted the View Web Analytics Data permission.
• In the Grant Permissions section, click Grant users permission directly, and then select the View Web Analytics Data check box.
• Click OK.