Visits Total in Pages Report

[katrina_plucker]

I'm having a difficult trying to figure out and remember the total section.  I know I've asked this before, but in need of a refresher.  In the attached image it shows from the Pages Report five different page names.  All are the same page as we transitioned through some changing to the page names.  Even though I am in the pages report I thought it would be helpful to provide a general overview of number of visits and visitors for these pages to get a general idea of traffic.  Since, we are in the pages report it makes sense that the page view columns add up and I understand why the unique visitors should not be added together across different pages.  But my question is the total of the visit column.  What type of total is that showing in the total line?  

The total line is giving me such a hard time to wrap my head around and try to think about what it's displaying in the different reports.  Normally, in other situations it's representative of the total website traffic, which I've been able to figure out based on the date range.  Although, when I thought that was the same situation the number of visits didn't match up.  Just trying to understand what the Total line is representing when I filter the pages in the pages report and add in these extra metrics as in the attached picture.

[brian_au · Accepted solution]

Hi Katrina,

The Visits total at the bottom of the Pages report is the same figure as the Overall Site Visits in the same period. The addition of other metrics does not influence or in any way change the Visits metric column values.

Pages Visits (For that given page within the time range how many visits did it receive), Pages % (Page Visits DIVIDED BY Overall Site Visits),

Bottom Pages Visits Total (Overall Site Visits= For the entire site within the time range how many visits occurred)

http://help-forums.adobe.com/content/adobeforums/en/analytics-forum/adobe-analytics.topic.html/forum...

Best,

Brian

[katrina_plucker]

I'm not sure why then when I check the attached screenshot of the website visits report I get a completely different number if it's supposed to be the same?

[brian_au]

The Page Visits Total should match the same Visits total (Site Metrics>Visits) for the same exact report suite. I would verify the report suites are the same and there is no segment filtered applied to the reports/reportlets.

Best,

Brian

[katrina_plucker]

That's what I originally assumed and then when it wasn't was where I thought I had it wrong again.  I have checked both reports numerous times.  The date range is exactly the same, in the same report suite and the only thing filtered is in the pages report when I search for the pages I am trying to display.  No other segments or anything selected.  Those screenshots in the earlier posts are exactly what I've gotten again.

[brian_au]

If you have a filter in place on the Pages report that does impact the overall displayed Visits Total figure. Remove the filter and you should be able to verify everything matches.

Best,

Brian

[katrina_plucker]

It matches when the filter is removed, but then it's not displaying the information/pages that I need.  So, with it filtered to the pages I need just trying to determine what that Total Visits is representing now?

[brian_au]

If you have the filter in place the visits total reflects the total site visits count for that given filter value. So the bottom bold visits total de-duplicates the individual line item visit totals across pages against that filter value.

Best,

Brian

[katrina_plucker]

Wonderful!

Thanks for your patience and support!

[brian_au]

I also would highly recommend segmentation as a method for overall filtering your reports. As that provides a broad base of known custom understanding to the underlying segment that you can then apply to specific reports.

Best,

Brian

[shalup]

I am running a visits report for period Jan to Dec. While I do understand that sum of individual line items (visits in the month) may not add to the report Total due to deduplication (visits spanning midnight), what I am concerned about is the following

1. When I run a visits report only for month Jan and compare it to line item Jan in the multi-month report, the numbers do not match ? The single month Jan report shows lesser visits than visits attributed to Jan in multi-month view.

2. This is the case for many months.

Any clarification will be helpful.

Thanks in advance