'''Web log analysis software''' (also called a '''web log analyzer''') is a kind of [[web analytics]] software that passesparses a [[Server log|server log file]] from a [[web server]], and based on the values contained in the log file, derives indicators about when, how, and by whom a web server is visited. UsuallyReports reportsare areusually generated from the log files immediately, but data extracted from the log files can alternatively be passedstored forin a database, andallowing various reports to be generated on demand.
Features supported by log analysis packages may include "hit filters", which use pattern matching to examine selected log data.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
==Common Indicatorsindicators==
* Number of visits and number of [[unique visitor]]s
