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Doc: Add information about Telemetry and Crashpad settings
Change-Id: I94af94cd99537cc5fe15f3bd33b5edcafe0b33e2 Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@qt.io> Reviewed-by: Mahmoud Badri <mahmoud.badri@qt.io>
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\endif
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\title Managing Data Collection Settings
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\if defined (qtcreator)
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When you install \QC as a part of Qt installation, you are asked whether
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you allow it to collect pseudonymous information about your system and \QC
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use. If you decline, the plugin is not installed and no analytics data is
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you. You can change the settings for collecting and transmitting data any
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time. By default, no data is collected and you have to select a telemetry
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mode for data collection to begin.
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\else
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To enable the use of the telemetry plugin, you need to select \uicontrol
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{Enable Usage Statistics} in the splash screen that appears when you first
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launch \QDS. If the splash screen does not appear, you can enable the
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telemetry plugin by selecting \uicontrol Help > \uicontrol {About Plugins} >
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\uicontrol Utilities > \uicontrol UsageStatistics.
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\image studio-usage-statistics.png "Enabling Usage Statistics"
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\endif
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\section1 Principles of Data Collection
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\section1 Collecting Usage Statistics
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The Telemetry plugin uses the
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The telemetry plugin uses the
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\l{https://api.kde.org/frameworks/kuserfeedback/html/index.html}
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{KUserFeedback} framework to collect the usage data. The library
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has been designed from the user data privacy point of view and
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\list 1
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\li Select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Telemetry
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> \uicontrol {Usage Statistics}.
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\image qtcreator-telemetry-settings.png
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\image qtcreator-telemetry-settings.png "Telemetry settings"
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\li In the \uicontrol {Telemetry mode} list, select the mode that
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determines what kind of data is collected.
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\li In the \uicontrol {Data} list, select entries to view
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\li In the \uicontrol {Data sources} list, select entries to view
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exactly what data is collected. Deselect check boxes for data
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that you do not want to transmit to the backend storage.
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\endlist
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(\uicontrol {Qt Design Studio} > \uicontrol Preferences > \uicontrol
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Environment > \uicontrol System on \macos), and then select
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\uicontrol {Enable crash reporting}.
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Since crash reports take up disk space, you may wish to remove them when
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they are no longer needed. Select \uicontrol {Clear local crash reports} to
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remove the crash report data.
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\image studio-crashpad-checkbox.png "Checkbox for enabling crash reporting"
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\endif
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*/
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tools.
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\li \l{Managing Data Collection Settings}
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\if defined (qtcreator)
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You can enable \QC to report crashes automatically. If you agreed to
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pseudonymous user statistics collection during the \QC installation,
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you can turn it on and determine what type of data is collected and
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transmitted to the backend storage.
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\else
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You can enable \QDS to report crashes automatically. If you enable
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the telemetry plugin, you can turn on the pseudonymous user
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statistics collection and determine what type of data is collected
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and transmitted to the backend storage.
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\endif
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\endlist
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*/
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