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diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md index 6c9352332c2..2f85777f840 100644 --- a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md +++ b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md @@ -22,26 +22,26 @@ importance of the update. If enabled, the version status will also be shown in the help page (`/help`) for all signed in users. -## Usage data +## Usage ping > [Introduced][ee-557] in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.10. More statistics -[were added][ee-735] in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12. +[were added][ee-735] in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.12. [Moved to CE][ce-23361] +in GitLab 9.1. -GitLab Inc. can collect non-sensitive information about how Enterprise Edition -customers use their GitLab instance upon the activation of a ping feature +GitLab Inc. can collect non-sensitive information about how GitLab users +use their GitLab instance upon the activation of a ping feature located in the admin panel (`/admin/application_settings`). -You can see the **exact** JSON payload that your instance sends to GitLab Inc. +You can see the **exact** JSON payload that your instance sends to GitLab in the "Usage statistics" section of the admin panel. -Nothing qualitative is collected. Only quantitative. Meaning, no project name, +Nothing qualitative is collected. Only quantitative. That means no project name, author name, nature of comments, name of labels, etc. -This is done mainly for the following reasons: +The usage ping is sent for the following reasons: -- to have a better understanding on how our users use our product -- to provide more tools for the customer success team to help customers onboard - better. +- to have a better understanding on how our users use our product, +- to be more data driven when creating or changing features. The total number of the following is sent back to GitLab Inc.: @@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ The total number of the following is sent back to GitLab Inc.: Also, we track if you've installed Mattermost with GitLab. For example: `"mattermost_enabled":true"`. +More data will be added over time. The goal of this ping is to be as light as +possible, so it won't have any performance impact on your installation when +calculation is made. + +### Deactivate the usage ping + +By default, usage ping is opt-out. If you want to deactivate this feature, go to +the Settings page of your administration panel and uncheck the Usage ping +checkbox. + ## Privacy policy GitLab Inc. does **not** collect any sensitive information, like project names @@ -89,3 +99,4 @@ Read more in about the [Privacy policy](https://about.gitlab.com/privacy). [ee-557]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/557 [ee-735]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/735 +[ce-23361]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/23361 |