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'''Web log analysis software''' (also called a '''web log analyzer''') is a kind of [[web analytics]] software that parses a [[Server log|server log file]] from a [[web server]], and based on the values contained in the log file, derives indicators about whowhen, whenhow, and howby whom a web server is visited. Usually reports are generated from the log files immediately, but the log files can alternatively be parsed to a database and reports 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}}