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The Metrics Editor is a checkbox grid: domains down the side, stats programs across the top. Tick the box where the two meet and that program runs daily for that domain. Untick it and it stops.
Metrics Editor grid with domains and stat program checkboxes

cPanel home → Metrics → Metrics Editor

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The grid

Three columns, one per analyzer: Each row is one of your domains plus subdomains. The default for new domains is “all three on”, because cPanel doesn’t know which one you’ll use.

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What changing a checkbox actually does

  • Tick: the daily cron run includes that domain in the next pass for that program. Reports start appearing the next morning.
  • Untick: the next run skips that domain. Existing reports stay where they are (cPanel doesn’t delete them), but nothing new gets generated.
If you re-tick a previously disabled program, it picks up from the next run. The gap in data while it was off won’t be backfilled. For a typical account: Running all three on every domain wastes CPU and adds 15–60 seconds to the daily metrics pass. On a tight account hitting the SPEED limit, that’s worth saving.

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Why turn anything off

  • Disk: each report stack uses a few MB per domain per month. On 20 domains over a year that’s around 1 GB of stat HTML you’ll never read.
  • CPU: analyzer runs are queued behind your other cron jobs. Skipping unused domains shortens the queue.
  • Inodes: each report is hundreds of small HTML files. Reports running on every domain across a long-lived account chew through your inode allocation.
The CPU saving on a small account is small. The disk and inode saving on a long-lived account with many domains can be sizable.
If you only ever look at AWStats, untick Webalizer and Analog for every domain. Click Save at the bottom. The next morning the disabled programs stop generating reports.

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Common issues

The Metrics Editor controls whether reports get generated, not whether the icons appear in the cPanel home. The icons stay visible but the per-domain reports will be empty until you re-enable a program.
No checkbox has changed since the page loaded. Tick or untick something then click Save.
The subdomain has to exist before it shows up here. Add it via Domains first; it’ll appear after the next cPanel sync (usually instant, sometimes up to a minute).

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