About Analyst
Analyst collects information about the virtual economy and presents that information to the player. In its Economy panel, Analyst answers questions such as the following:
- How much gold did I earn and how?
- How much gold did I spend and on what?
- How am I doing in the auction house?
- What have I looted from mobs?
- What items did I consume?
- What items did I produce?
- How many currencies (marks, badges, emblems) have I collected?
- What have I deposited or withdrawn from the guild bank?
- What is my gathering and crafting activity?
- ... and much more
All reports can be shown over a configurable period (days, weeks, month).
Usage
If you have a Lightweight Data Broker (LDB) container add-on such as Titan Panel, Analyst shows in that container. Left-clicking the Analyst icon toggles the Economy panel; right-clicking the icon shows the options.
If you do not have an LDB container, type /analyst economy to toggle the Economy panel and /analyst options to show the options.
Analyst provides a key binding to toggle the Economy panel. You may want to assign a key to that binding to gain quick access to Analyst.
Screenshots
The Economy panel lets you choose between the various reports offered by Analyst. Also, the reporting period of time can be chosen. Central information is displayed in the top frame. Data from two selected reports in shown in the bottom frames.
For the This Week report, the start day of week can be configured in the options. For example, a raid player may want to set the start day of week to the beginning of the raid ID period.
If you mouseover a statistic item, a tooltip provides detailed drill-down information on that statistic:
Reporting Bugs
Please use the Ticket System on WowAce when reporting bugs. This ensures that your error reports receive proper and timely processing. You can log in on WowAce with your Curse Network account. Posting error reports in the comments section on Curse.com is not recommended.
Analyst Release Notes
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* Release 1.0.8 for World of Warcraft 3.1.1 (2009-05-01)
- FIX: Incorrect hooking of game tooltip causes unwanted side effects.
* Release 1.0.7 for World of Warcraft 3.1.0 (2009-04-18)
- CHANGE: Adapted to World of Warcraft 3.1
* Release 1.0.6 for World of Warcraft 3.0.9 (2009-02-14)
- CHANGE: The implementation of the GetSellValue API in Analyst now
checks for (illegal) nil arguments and no longer fails if a nil argument
is passed.
- FIX: Analyst may not capture most events under specific add-on loading
conditions.
* Release 1.0.5 for World of Warcraft 3.0.8 (2009-02-05)
- FIX: Receiving currencies as quest rewards, such as Dalaran Cooking
Awards, no longers triggers a Lua error.
- CHANGE: Adapted to World of Warcraft 3.0.8, fixing an issue with
UIDropDownMenu.
* Release 1.0.4 for World of Warcraft 3.0.2 (2008-11-02)
- FIX: Looting corpses in battlegrounds no longer causes Lua errors
related to currency processing.
* Release 1.0.3 for World of Warcraft 3.0.2 (2008-10-21)
- FEATURE: Added support for currencies.
- FEATURE: Added support for the Inscription professsion (milling,
inscription trade skill).
- FEATURE: Added support for Lightweight Data Broker (LDB).
- CHANGE: Removed per-char database.
- CHANGE: Removed FuBar support.
- CHANGE: Ported to Ace3 and World of Warcraft 3.0.
- CHANGE: The add-on is now licensed under the MIT license.
* Release 1.0.2 for World of Warcraft 2.4.3 (2008-07-26)
- FEATURE: All data can now optionally be presented for all characters
on the account. Previously, data was available for the currently logged
in character only.
- FEATURE: The add-on title text in the FuBar now optionally shows
the amount of gold gained or lost in the period.
- FEATURE: Analyst now displays a tooltip on the FuBar. The tooltip
contains information from the Overview report.
- FEATURE: The Flights popup now shows detail information on the
flights taken.
- CHANGE: The default key bindings have been removed. New users can
bind them manually if they so desire.
- CHANGE: Economy data is now stored in an account-wide saved variable.
It used to be stored in a per-character saved variable. Existing
data is silently migrated when each character is logged in.
- FIX: Gold gained from opening objects such as chests is now processed.
- FIX: Gold gained from enchanting in the trade window is now processed.
- FIX: Corrected an error in the TOC file with regard to the optional
dependencies.
* Release 1.0.1 for World of Warcraft 2.4.1 (2008-04-19)
- CHANGE: Costs for repairing all items are now processed synchronously.
This is to avoid possible event overlap resulting from repairing, buying
and selling in quick succession.
- CHANGE: Default key bindings are now applied only once.
- CHANGE: Adapted to World of Warcraft 2.4.0
- FIX: Uncategorized activities are now properly processed.
- FIX: Fixed a problem preventing the proper processing of flights.
* Release 1.0.0 for World of Warcraft 2.3.2
- FIX: Receiving mail from "Unknown" senders no longer causes an error.
* Release 0.9.2 (Beta) for World of Warcraft 2.3.0
- FEATURE: Added "Miscellaneous" measures for gaining and spending gold
as well as producing and consuming items. These measures track activities
that are not currently categorized by Analyst but have an impact on the
gold balance or the items of the player.
- FEATURE: Added measures for tracking items received or sent by mail.
- FEATURE: Added a measure for tracking smelting activity.
- FEATURE: Items used as payment in vendor transactions, such as battleground
tokens or tier set tokens, are now properly recorded in a new measure
"Items Swaped".
- FIX: Automated vendor selling is no longer processed as "Using" the
items sold. Proceeds from automated selling are now properly reported.
- FIX: Gold looted in parties with two players is now properly processed.
- FIX: Activities are now properly processed in raids and parties.
- FIX: Opening objects is now properly reported and no longer causes
errors.
* Release 0.9.1 (Beta) for World of Warcraft 2.3.0
- FEATURE: Added support for FuBar. The Economy Panel can now be toggled
by clicking the Analyst button on the FuBar or on the minimap. The settings
of this add-on are shown in the menu which is opened by right-clicking
on the Analyst button.
- FIX: Destroyed items were not properly recorded. Destroyed items are now
properly recorded and shown in a new measure in the Items Consumed report.
- FIX: Battleground tokens were not properly recorded. Battleground tokens
awarded when a battleground closes are now properly recorded and shown in
a new measure in the Items Produced report.
* Release 0.9.0 (Beta) for World of Warcraft 2.3.0
- Initial release
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
