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Dimensions
Dimensions are the labels used to describe different types of metrics or data. For example, Referer is the data collected from external links referring visits to a page, while Browser shows which browsers accessed your website.
Below you can find a list of the different dimensions you can use to filter Web Analytics:
- Country: The visitor's country.
- Host: The domain of the site's URL.
- Path: The links within your site referring visits to a page.
- Referer: The external links referring visits to a page. You can access
referer hostdata on the dashboard. Additionally, you can access data for thereferer pathfrom the GraphQL API. - Device type: The device visitors use to access a page (for example, desktop, mobile, or tablet).
- Browser: The web browser (for example, Chrome, Safari) visitors use to access your website.
- Operating system: The operating system visitors use to access a page.
- Site: The website's domain name. Used for high-level segmentation of data. For example, you can use it for a particular zone or gray-clouded website.
- Exclude Bots: Exclude bot traffic from the dataset. With this dimension set to
Yes, the resulting dataset will be a closer representation of real user traffic. - Navigation type: Which method was used to load the HTML document. Refer to Navigation types for a breakdown.
Navigation types
| Type | Cache hit? | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Navigate | ❌ | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but the document was either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache, so a network request was made to load the document. |
| Navigate Cache | ✅ | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document. |
| Navigate Prefetch Cache | ✅ | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form and the document has been prefetched into the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document. |
| Prerender | ✅ | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but the browser had already prerendered the page, so no network request was necessary for the document. |
| Reload | ❌ | The visitor reloaded the page but the document was either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache, so a network request was made to load the document. |
| Reload Cache | ✅ | The visitor reloaded the page and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document. |
| Back-forward | ❌ | The visitor used the back/forward buttons/gestures in their browser but the previously-loaded document either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache OR a feature was used which prevents using the cache (refer to the explanation in Back/forward cache ↗), so a network request was made to load the document. |
| Back-forward Cache | ✅ | The visitor used the back/forward buttons/gestures in their browser and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document. |
| Restore | ✅ | The browser was able to restore this page, for example when a tab has been paused due to inactivity. |
| Soft Navigation | N/A | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but JavaScript intercepted the navigation and made a client-side update instead. Measured via the native Soft Navigation API ↗. |
| Routing APIs | N/A | The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but JavaScript intercepted the navigation and made a client-side update instead. Measured via the Navigation API ↗ or the History API ↗ when the Soft Navigation API is not supported. |