Systems and methods for enabling and configuring tracking of user interactions on computer applications

Abstract

Methods and systems for tracking user interactions with a computer application. As a computer application is used, it keeps track of user interactions, for example, for use on an analytics server. An interaction tracking configuration may specify which events are tracked, under what conditions the events are tracked, and identify what information is recorded. This configuration may be separated from the application. For example, the configuration may be stored in a configuration file at a location specified within and used by an application. The configuration may then be changed without changing a deployed application. Certain embodiments provide a tracking configuration tool to facilitate the creation of such a configuration. The tool may use a running application to identify events for tracking. Identifying events in this way can simplify the task of configuring interaction tracking by reducing the need for understanding or accessing of the actual code of the application.