General Info
| What it is |
Sessions engagement metrics capture KPIs for a single viewing period for a visitor. A session is based on a short-lived 60 minute cookie, which renewed based on last activity. A user can navigate away from a page/or background a tab and as long as they return within an hour then that will be considered as the same session. |
| Includes these data points |
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| Collection Start |
July 2019 - Started collecting view |
| Value |
Understand key information about sessions, both how many there were and also what those sessions entailed. |
| Google Analytics Equivalent | Google does track sessions. Session duration is not very accurate in Google Analytics, as it is based strictly on the time stamp of page views. |
Avg. Session Duration
Data Type: Calculated
Description: The Average length of user sessions, which is visualized in "mm:ss" format but exported as just "ss" format to allow for easy calculations. The session duration is a sum of all active time viewing, which means if a tab is backgrounded then it does not count in the session duration.
Avg. Session Duration (Formatted)
Data Type: Calculated
Description: The Average length of user sessions, which is visualized in "mm:ss" and exported as the same "mm:ss" so it cannot be used for calculations. The session duration is a sum of all active time viewing, which means if a tab is backgrounded then it does not count in the session duration.
Count Sessions
Data Type: Count
Description: The total number of sessions. A session is a viewing period by a visitor that uses the same short-lived cookie (1-hour).
Items Per Session
Data Type: Calculated
Description: This is an average of the number of Items page views duration a session. This is a very important KPI for differentiating what were navigation pages versus content pages. Items are not distinct so a refresh of a page will count as another item view.
Pages Per Session
Data Type: Calculated
Description: This is an average of the number of URLs a user views during a session. Pages are not counted as distinct so refreshing a page will count as another page view.