User Guide
[MC] Search Analytics records what members and guests search for, and what they fail to find. Every captured search is normalised and rolled up into daily aggregates. From there the add-on groups near-duplicate queries, flags the ones picking up speed, and surfaces the lot through admin dashboards and opt-in member widgets.
The point of it is the zero-result list. A search that returns nothing is the clearest signal you get of content your community wants and can't find.
The rest of this guide walks through the capture pipeline, each dashboard, the denylist, the widgets, and the full option and permission reference.
Where things live
| Surface | Path |
|---|---|
| Dashboards | AdminCP > Logs > Search Analytics |
| Denylist | AdminCP > Logs > Search Analytics > Denylist |
| Options | AdminCP > Setup > Options > [MC] Search Analytics |
| Permissions | AdminCP > Groups & permissions > Permissions > [MC] Search Analytics |
| Admin permissions | AdminCP > Admins > Admin permissions |
| Cron entries | AdminCP > Tools > Cron entries |
| Member preference | Account preferences > Search analytics |
Versioning
Always back up the database before upgrading. Patch releases are bug fixes only and are safe to apply without a backup, though one is still recommended. Schema-bearing upgrades are called out in the release notes.
Related documentation
- How it works covers the capture, buffer, flush, rollup, cluster, and trending pipeline.
- Privacy documents what is captured, what is not, and which knobs control the posture.
- Options overview lists every option, tab by tab.