Usage reporting and the installation id

DataMind Oda keeps one anonymous id for this installation. This page explains what the id is, how to reset it and what usage reporting sends when your company turns it on.

The installation id

Oda creates one anonymous id for this installation the first time it needs one, and keeps it in a file in its own folder inside your user folder. There is nothing to set up.

• Random. The id is a random value. It is never built from your name, your computer's name or your network.
• About the installation, not about you. The id identifies this installation. Ids from different computers are never joined together.
• Sent with AI requests. Oda sends the id with its AI requests to your company's DataMind OS, whether or not usage reporting is on.

Reset the installation id

To give this installation a fresh id:

1. Delete the id file in Oda's own folder.
2. Quit DataMind Oda and start it again.

The next start creates a new id, and the old id cannot be recovered. A running Oda keeps the id it started with until it quits, so the new id appears after a restart.

Usage reporting

Nothing is reported by default, and no destination is set: Oda sends no usage reports until your company turns reporting on.

When reporting is on, Oda may send anonymous usage events about this installation to the company's collector.

• What the events carry. A short text summary and simple values about how the installation is used. Your messages, files and credentials are not part of them.
• Anonymous. Usage events identify the installation, not you.
• No extra reading. Reporting reads no chats, account details, credentials or device identifiers.
• Best effort. Events wait in memory only. If they cannot be sent, they are not kept for a later attempt; there is no catch-up.
• Stops on exit. Oda stops reporting promptly when you quit and drops anything still waiting.

Usage reporting is separate from the request log your company keeps in DataMind OS, which Manage DataMind Oda for your company describes.

Problems you see in Oda itself are covered in Updates and troubleshooting.

Questions, answered

Is anything reported about me?

Usage reporting, when it is on, sends only anonymous events about this installation. They describe how Oda is used and identify the installation, not you.

Is anything reported by default?

No. Oda sends no usage reports and has no destination set until your company turns reporting on.

Does the installation id contain my name or my computer's name?

No. The id is a random value, never built from your name, your computer's name or your network.

I deleted the id file, but the id did not change. Why?

A running Oda keeps the id it started with. Quit DataMind Oda and open it again: the new id is created at the next start.

Are ids from two computers ever joined?

No. Each installation has its own id, and Oda never joins ids from different computers.

Can I get the old id back?

No. Once the id file is deleted, the old id cannot be recovered.

Is the id sent even when usage reporting is off?

Yes. Oda sends the installation id with its AI requests to your company's DataMind OS, whether or not usage reporting is on.

What happens to usage events that cannot be sent?

They are dropped. Events wait in memory only, so nothing is kept for a later attempt and Oda does not catch up.

What is inside a usage event?

A short text summary and simple values about how the installation is used. Your messages, files and credentials are not part of them.

Where is the id file?

In Oda's own folder, inside your user folder on this computer. Oda creates it automatically, and the file holds only the id.

Is usage reporting the same as the log my company keeps of my requests?

No. Usage reporting is separate from the request log your company keeps in DataMind OS; Manage DataMind Oda for your company describes that log.