Track use of plugin

[RECArchi]

I developed a plugin for my company, and now I want to track the use of this plugin within my team : Who clicked on a specific PushButton of the plugin and launched an IExternalCommand ? When did this happen ? What project was concerned ? 

I thought of writing this information on a .txt file stored in our server. Is it a good practice ? If not, what do you advise me to do ?

Thank you in advance.

[jeremy_tammik]

Yes, something like that sounds OK to me. I would spend a moment researching the Internet for existing libraries that do what you need. I am sure that there are lots of them out there, so you don't have to waste time reinventing the wheel.

[MattKincaid]

We do this using the .NET web request API to write usage information to an SQL database on our server.  Database tools have some advantages over just writing to a plain text file (easier to search, filter, maintain the data, etc.).  But a text file would probably work fine too, depending on how much data you need to log/keep track of.

[RECArchi · Accepted solution]

I do not want to track much  information : user, date and Revit project concerned, and write it on each line of the text file.

My goal is to evaluate how much my plugin is used. I don't think an SQL database is needed.

Sincerely.