Track and collect data from Sitefinity CMS
By connecting your Sitefinity CMS instance to Sitefinity Insight, you enable the marketing and the sales teams to track user behavior on your site, to visualize data in meaningful reports, to profile your audience, to create impactful content, and to accomplish their business and marketing goals.
PREREQUISITES: You must comply with the following prerequisites:
- You have installed the Connector for Sitefinity Insight module.
For more information, see Activate and deactivate modules.- You have created at least one data center in Sitefinity Insight and you have its API Key.
For more information, see Manage data centers.- You must have a Sitefinity Insight Access key.
For more information, see Connect your sites to Sitefinity Insight.
To configure Sitefinity Insight connector, perform the following:
- In Sitefinity CMS backend, log in with Sitefinity CMS administrator account and navigate to Administration » Sitefinity Insight.
- Enter your access key.
- Click Connect » Set your tracking.
- In the dropdown box, select the data center.
- In the list of sites, select the ones that you want to report to the data center.
- Click Save.
For more information, see Connect to Sitefinity Insight.
In case the connection between Sitefinity CMS and Sitefinity Insight is lost and you need to troubleshoot the problem, see Troubleshoot connection issues.
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