Analytics dashboards

View analytics dashboards

Only users who have been granted permission to view the analytics dashboards will see the Analytics link in their profile menu. This permission is granted on the Admin panel: Logs & statistics section > Analytics settings page.

To view the dashboards:

1. Click on your name or profile photo in the top right.
2. In the menu that opens, click Analytics under the Content section.
3. You will be taken to the Analytics overview dashboard. Click on the dashboard links in the left navigation to view the other dashboards.

Common dashboard features

Latest sync information

The date of the last data synchronization, including the corresponding timezone, shows in the top right of each dashboard.

Select date period

You can view analytics from multiple pre-set date periods, or select a custom date period. 

Available date periods:

• Last 7 days: This is the default date period
• Current month: Current calendar month from the first of the month to the current date
• Last month: Previous calendar month
• Current year: Current calendar year from January 1 to the current date
• Last year: Previous calendar year from the January 1 to December 31
• Custom: From the first date selected to the last date selected.

When you select a different date period, the analytics data displayed will automatically update.

To select a custom date period, click in the date boxes, select a start date and an end date and click Apply.

Exclude Saturdays or Sundays

Select the Exclude Saturday(s) and/or Exclude Sunday(s) checkboxes to exclude Saturdays and/or Sundays from the displayed analytics.

Content type filter

The content type filter allows you to view analytics for All content types, or for a specific content type. This filter is available on the Content created, Content unique views, and Content engagement dashboards. Your content type filter selection will be carried over when you navigate between these dashboards.

You can filter by the included content types:

Calendars, Events, Files, Forms, Forums, Forum topics, Groups, Homepages, News/Blog, Pages, People, Photo galleries, Polls, Posts, Profiles, Sections, Shout-outs, and Updates.

Download dashboard

You can download the dashboard you are viewing as a PDF. Click Download PDF in the top right of the dashboard and select Print to PDF in the print window that opens.

Comparison

All of the analytics dashboards have at least one widget that contains a comparison of a statistic from the current period with the same statistic from the previous period. The comparison has an up or down arrow and a percentage value representing the change in that statistic compared to the previous period.

Tooltips

Tooltips are available to provide more information about various metrics. Hover over the question mark icon beside a metric to see a tooltip display with more information.