Google Analytics 4 (GA4) - Page Views descending by views exploration

This video illustrates and describes the exploration giving the most basic metric for your sites, how many times pages were viewed in the time frame chosen.  The exploration can of course be tailored so that your particular needs for metrics are satisfied.  The starter exploration for this one is named '001-Page Views : Descending by Views'.  This view is shared so that it can be copied.  The copy can be adjusted for your agency needs according to the instructions in the video or the notes below.

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• Google Analytics (GA4) - Explorations introduction

Video

Notes to apply to your agency

1. Find the '001-Page Views : Descending by Views' exploration.  
2. Copy the exploration using the three dot menu on the right.
3. Click on the name of the copy to open it.

Date range - The date range selected will not roll with time.  If today the date range is selected as 'The last 7 days' then when you login next week, it will still be showing you the same seven days of metrics as when the range was selected.  It will not automatically roll to the most recent 7 days.  This is true for all date settings.

Hostname Filter - Add the filter in the Filters section if need be and set the filter to "begins with" and then enter the appropriate host name:

For standard oregon.gov sites: www.oregon.gov For host header sites: dfr.oregon.gov or sos.oregon.gov or whatever is appropriate to the domain and subdomain of your host header site. Click 'Apply'

Page and Path plus query filter - The filter is used as shown to focus the exploration on your agency site collection.  However, the filtered value can be added to so that the exploration focuses on a subsite, or even to an individual page.

For standard oregon.gov sites, narrow results to the agency by setting the filter to 'Begins with' and enter the agency acronym surrounded by slashes: /das/ or /odot/ etc.  The slashes are important. For host header sites, the filter is not required but can be used to narrow results according to your site paths. Just be sure to include the leading and trailing slashes before and after the subsite, directory or path. Click 'Apply' when the filters have been set.

Other articles of interest

• Google Analytics 4 Introduction
• Page views - descending by views
• Document downloads by document
• Document downloads by page
• Helpful page polls - votes
• Helpful page polls - feedback
• more will come available.

Have questions?  

You can:

• Search the Knowledge Base for what you are looking for using the search feature at the top of this page.
• You can submit a question to the Oregon E-Government Service Desk