Step-By-Step Provisioning the Web Analytics Service Application on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP1

Web Analytics Service is a service application in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 that you can use to perform site usage statistics and reporting within a browser.

Provisioning the Web Analytics Service Application
Navigate to CA àManage Service Application

Click new and chhose "Web Analytics Service Application"

Specify the name for the Service Application. Choose or create new application pool.

Specify the default database for the SharePoint farm and provide the Staging and Reporting database name. You can also specify the Retention period.

Once Service application is created you can start the Web Analytics Data Processing Service and Web Analytics Service.

Services running on each server in a three tier SharePoint 2010 Farm

Last week I installed and configured SharePoint 2010 SP1 and not sure to enable which service in the farm. There is nothing right or wrong with the service configuration setup, so I decided to blog the list of services that I enabled in my SharePoint farm environment.

Front End Servers,

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Incoming E-Mail

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application

Search Query and Site Settings Service

SharePoint Server Search Service

Application Servers,

Access Database Service

Application Registry Service

Business Data Connectivity Service

Central Administration

Claims to Windows Token Service

Document Conversions Launcher Service

Document Conversions Load Balancer Service

Excel Calculation Services

Lotus Notes Connector

Managed Metadata Web Service

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Workflow Timer Service

PerformancePoint Service

PowerPoint Service

Search Query and Site Settings Service

Secure Store Service

SharePoint Foundation Search

SharePoint Server Search

User Profile Service

User Profile Synchronization Service

Visio Graphics Service

Web Analytics Data Processing Service

Web Analytics Web Service

Word Automation Services

Word Viewing Service

I am sure that others may have different ideas on the service configuration and I would welcome any inputs/thoughts through comments

There were problems searching audience, please contact the system administrator

In SharePoint 2010, when I tried to add/set Audience to the Navigation links, I kept getting the below error,

There were problems searching audience, please contact the system administrator

After spending some time in trouble shooting I noticed “User Profile Service Application Proxy” is not associated with the web application

Followed below steps to fix the issue,
Navigate to CA àManage Web Application
Select  “Web Application” that you are noticing the issues with the audiences.
In the Ribbon, Under Manage section click on “Service Connections”
Make sure that “User Profile Service Application Proxy” is checked by selecting custom.

After the above configuration step error disappeared and I was able to set the audiences to the Navigation links.