Method - Each request contains a method. Metrics - Numbers used as a measurement for standard of quality for comparing different items or time periods. Visits, Unique Hosts, Goals, and Value are all fields that might be used as a metric. Others - Any request which is not for a page, graphic, or download. Page - A request for a web page.
Summary uses the file name extension to determine if a request is for a page.
The set of extensions used to make this determination can be configured . Summary only keeps track of the first three requests, the last request, and whether there were more than four requests in the path or not. Physical Server - A specific computer, typically one of a cluster of machines serving the same domain. Summary gets the physical server name from the sub-folder name in Summary's logs folder. Summary decodes the most common platforms based on internal rules which work with the vast majority of requests.