Sessions

A session is one or more pageviews representing a visit to your website or app. For example, a session can contain multiple pageviews with many interactions and one of several outcomes, such as purchasing an item or abandonment.

Note: For details on how sessions in DXA differ to sessions in Google Analytics and visits in Adobe Analytics, see Why do DXA session metrics sometimes differ to session metrics in other analytics platforms?.

Analyze Sessions

On the navigation bar, go to Analyze > Sessions > Analyze. Analyze Sessions

The following columns are available on the table in Analyze Sessions:


Column	Description
Session	Displays the session IP address (depending on your IP address handling choice in privacy settings) or ISP and location. Icons display to the right if the session has been marked as a favorite, commented on, or tagged. Hover over the icon for more details.
Seen	Displays the most recent date and time the session replay was viewed.
Device	Displays the device type the visitor used in the session. Hover over the device icon to view the device type, operating system, and browser used in the session.
From	Displays the country the visitor viewed from. Hover over the flag to view the name of the country.
Channel	Displays the channel the visitor arrived at the session from, such as Google or Facebook, or one of the following: Direct — Visitor arrived directly from the property URL Referer — Visitor arrived from a hyperlink on another website
Pages	Number of pages viewed in the session
Focus time	Length of time the page or screen was the main focus on the visitor's device. If the visitor goes to a different browser tab or opens a different program while DXA is running, this would count towards the total duration and not the focus time.
Events	Hover over one of the following colored icons to view the number of events that occurred in the session: Orange — Displays Experience Issues Red — Displays errors Note: Flagged errors depend on the error reports enabled during DXA implementation. Green — Displays Behaviors Gray — No Experience Issues, errors, or Behaviors to display
Tracked Event	Displays any tracked events associated with the session
Revenue	Revenue generated by associated tracked events
DXS	DXS score for the session
Time	Date and time of the session
Actions	The following actions are available for each session: Show details — Takes you to Session Details Session replay — Takes you to the session replay

Adjusting the date range for displayed sessions

In Analyze Sessions, click the date range dropdown menu. By default, this is set to Last 7 full days (excluding today).
Enter the date range:
- To select a predefined date range, such as Last 7 days or This month, click the Date range dropdown menu.
- To enter your own date range, enter a From date and a To date.
Click Apply changes.

The date range is applied to all sessions.

Applying a segment to sessions

In Analyze Sessions, click Segment.
In Segment (You can select one Segment or more), select one or more segments.
In Device type, select the device type used in the sessions to display or select Show all.
Click Apply changes.

The segment is applied. In the image below, only sessions where the visitor added an item to the cart are displayed. Sessions list with Add to Cart segment applied

Exporting sessions and pageviews to CSV

In Analyze Sessions, click Export.
Click Export as CSV.
The Export type window appears.
In the Export type window, select if you want to export Sessions or Pageviews.
Click Next.
The Export name window appears.
(Optional) In Please confirm the file name., rename the CSV file.
In Retention, select the length of time you want to archive the CSV file.
Click Export.

The data begins to export. While exporting, the data appears on the Recent exports table with a Pending status.

Recent exports table with "Pending" session CSV file

The exported CSV file is retained the archive for the length of time you selected. To download the CSV file, in the Actions column, click Download.