Counting unique users when anonymous auth

[magavi_framsteg]

Hi Qlik!

I need to somehow show "Number of unique users".

Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?

Background:

Several objects show a count of unique users using the field [Authenticated User].

That does not work in my clients environment, because they use anonymous authentication thus all users get [Authenticated User] = 'Anonymous'.

I cannot use the field [QlikView User] either, because not all apps use authorization.

That leaves me with the field [Client_machine_identification] and hence my question:

How is [Client_machine_identification] calculated?

Does it always return the came hash for the same IP/MAC whenever that user connects, or how does it work?

Is [Client_machine_identification] the field for me?

Kind regards

Magnus Åvitsland

BI Architect Consultant

Framsteg.com

[marcus_sommer]

I'm not completely sure but I think the [Client_machine_identification] is the lowest possible level. But it isn't enough then a user could use more than one device. I think you must combine several parameter - machine + ip + osuser + qvuser to come to the nearest solution.

- Marcus