Google Universal Analytics Sessions by Channel

The Sessions by Channel metric in Google Analytics measures the number of user sessions coming from various traffic sources such as organic search, direct, referral, social, and paid.

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What is "Sessions by Channel"?
Sessions by Channel is a Google Analytics metric that measures the number of website sessions that have been initiated by different marketing channels such as organic search, referral, direct, social, and others. It helps you to understand which channels are driving the most traffic to your website so that you can optimize your marketing strategy and budget accordingly. The data is presented in a visual report that shows the percentage breakdown of sessions by channel.
Example: Sessions by Channel metric can help identify the most effective marketing channels for an e-commerce site, such as whether more sessions come from social media or email campaigns.

Visualizations

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    Bar and Line Chart

    Used to show comparisons between values.

How to track Sessions by Channel in Databox?

Databox is a business analytics software that allows you to track and visualize your most important metrics from any data source in one centralized platform.

To track Sessions by Channel using Databox, follow these steps:

  1. 1
    Connect Google Universal Analytics that contains the metric you want to track
  2. 2
    Select the metric you want to track from the list of available metrics
  3. 3
    Drag and drop the selected metric onto your dashboard
  4. 4
    Watch your dashboard populate in seconds
  5. 5
    Put Sessions by Channel on the Performance screen
  6. 6
    Get Sessions by Channel performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
  7. 7
    Set Goals to track and improve performance of Sessions by Channel
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Basics

  • Description
    The Sessions by Channel metric in Google Analytics measures the number of user sessions coming from various traffic sources such as organic search, direct, referral, social, and paid.
  • Category
    Website Analytics
  • Subcategory
    Sessions
  • Date Added
    2015-04-28
  • Cumulative Support
    Yes
  • Units
    No
  • Granularities
    hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly
  • Favorable Trend
    increasing
  • Changing historical data
    No
  • Forecast Support
    Yes
  • Benchmark Support
    No
  • Media Support
    No
  • Dimension
    Yes
  • Metric Type
    general Learn more
  • API Endpoint
    https://analyticsreporting.googleapis.com/v4/reports:batchGet

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