Using LynqRanges and filters

Ranges, filters and sharing

Ranges

The range picker offers Today, Yesterday, Last 24 hours, Last 7, 30 and 90 days, Last 12 months, This week, This month, and any custom pair of dates. Dates are in the site’s timezone, set in site settings. Compare adds the previous period (or the same period a year earlier) to every number and chart.

Filters

Any row in any table becomes a filter with its Filter button: click /pricing on the Pages table and every screen now shows only visits that saw /pricing. The + Filter button builds one by hand: pick a dimension, an operator (is, is not, contains) and one or more values; the value field suggests what the site has actually seen.

Dimensions, by group:

GroupDimensions
PagesPage, Hostname, Entry page, Exit page
SourcesReferrer, Source, Channel, Entry referrer, Entry source, Entry channel
CampaignsUTM source, medium, campaign, term, content, and their entry versions
LocationsCountry, Region, City, Language
DevicesDevice, Browser, Browser version, OS, OS version, Screen size
EventsEvent, and any event property as prop:name
ExperimentsExperiment, as a name and variant pair
SessionsBounced

Most dimensions apply to pageviews: Page is /pricing keeps the pageviews of /pricing and the sessions that contain one. The Entry dimensions and Bounced apply to whole sessions: Entry channel is Organic Search keeps every pageview of sessions that started from search. Filter chips say which scope they carry.

Filters stack, and a chip is removed with its × or with Delete while it has focus.

The URL is the state

The range, the comparison, every filter, the chosen metric and the table views are all in the address bar. That means:

  • Copy the address bar and the link opens exactly what you see, for anyone with access to the site.
  • The browser’s back button undoes a filter.
  • A bookmark is a saved report.

Export

Every table has Show all, which opens the full list with every column, and Export CSV, which downloads it for the current range and filters.

The command menu

⌘K, or Ctrl+K, opens a menu that reaches most of the app without the mouse. Type a few letters and press Enter:

  • Go to any screen of this site, its settings, the site list, or another of your sites.
  • Range: any preset, and the comparison.
  • Filters: clear them all, or remove one.
  • Actions: copy a link to exactly what you are looking at.
  • Help: the shortcut list and these docs.

Every command does the same thing the toolbar does, so the back button undoes it and the address bar carries the result. The three commands you used last are offered first. The ⌘K button in the top bar opens the same menu.

Keyboard

Tables are keyboard-navigable: arrow keys move between rows, Enter opens or filters, and each screen’s tabs and range picker are reachable with Tab. Press ? for the full list. Shortcuts can be turned off in settings, which also turns off ⌘K; the button stays.