What are views on Google?

What are views on Google?

A view or reporting view is a subset of a Universal Analytics property that can have its own unique configuration settings. You can create multiple views for a single property and configure each view to show a different subset of data for the property.

What are views on Google Analytics?

Access, customize, and analyze your data in a view. A reporting view is the level in an Analytics account where you can access reports and analysis tools. Analytics automatically creates one unfiltered view for every property in your account, but you can set up multiple views on a single property.

How do I use Google Analytics views?

To set up a view:

1. Sign in to Google Analytics..
2. Click Admin, and navigate to the account and property to which you want to add the view.
3. In the VIEW column, click the menu, then click +Create View.
4. Select either Website or Mobile App.
5. Enter a Name.
6. Select the Reporting Time Zone.

What counts as a page view?

Page Views: A page view is a count of how many times a page has been viewed on a website or the chosen group within the chosen period of time. All page views are counted no matter how many times a user has visited the website in the chosen period of time.

Are there views in Google Analytics 4?

As we mentioned, Google Analytics 4 doesn’t use views. In Universal Analytics, you set up views, such as one to exclude internal traffic from your employees, and then apply filters to customize your view. In GA4, you have a single reporting view and data streams that feed into it.

How many types of views are there?

There are total four types of views, based on the way in which the view is implemented and the methods that are permitted for accessing the view data. They are – Database Views, Projection Views, Maintenance Views, and Helps Views,.

How many Google Analytics views should I have?

Here is an important rule of thumb: always create at least three Google Analytics views in your account: Master View.

What happened to views in Google Analytics 4?

As we mentioned, Google Analytics 4 doesn’t use views. In Universal Analytics, you set up views, such as one to exclude internal traffic from your employees, and then apply filters to customize your view. So, instead of view filters like you had in Universal Analytics, you now have data filters.

Does GA4 have views?

There is no “view” level section of GA4. Whereas traditional Universal Analytics famously has three levels (Account, Property, and View), GA4 only has Account and Property levels. Whereas “event tracking” in classic Analytics required modified Analytics code or gtag.

What is the difference between unique page views and page views?

Pageviews are defined as the total number of times the piece of content was viewed during a given period of time. Unique Pageviews represent an aggregate of pageviews generated by the same user during the same session (i.e. the number of sessions during which that page was viewed one or more times).

What is the difference between page views and visits?

Page views vs. Visits: Page views counts the number of times a page is viewed. Visits counts the number of sessions for visitors. One visit consists of one or more page.

Should I switch to Google Analytics 4?

The short answer is Yes, you should upgrade to Google Analytics 4, also called GA4. It simply means that you will have a new Google Analytics 4 property that you can collect data in. Having both Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4 properties means that you can collect data in both the properties.