Distinct pageviews for each domain - Custom Report

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#1

Hi, i have two domains:

demo1.site.com
demo2.site.com

with same tracking code.

Using Custom Report i would like to make two pageviews report:

How can i do using Tag Manager?

Thanks.

#2

Hi @SimoneF when using Custom Reports, you can select what website for the Custom Report will apply for. You can learn more here: Create and analyse custom reports

#3

Yes, but demo1.site.com and demo2.site.com are in the same website (called DEMO SITE) and share same tracking ID

I have to select the urls with a filter and thatā€™s what I did.

In detail this is what I did:

  • I created a Custom VIsit Dimension ā€œComplete URLā€
  • in tag manager i created a variable called ā€œComplete URL Variableā€ of type ā€œurl variableā€ and i set ā€œUrl partā€ as ā€œFullā€
  • in tag manager i created a variable called ā€œTracking code DEMO"Variableā€ of type ā€œMatomo Configurationā€ and, in section ā€œCustom dimensionā€ i set link between Custom Visit Dimension ID and variable ā€œComplete URL Variableā€
  • in custom report i created ā€œMost viewed page Demo 1ā€

Custom report ā€œMost viewed page Demo 1ā€ configuration is:

  • Apply to website ā€œDEMO SITEā€
  • Type ā€œTableā€
  • Dimension:
    ā€” Page Url (standard dimension of Matomo)
    ā€” Complete URL (my custom dimension)
  • Metrics ā€œPageviewā€
  • Filter " Complete URL contains ā€˜demo1.site.comā€™ "

When i open custom report result i get something like:

demo1.site.com/page21.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page21.htm
demo1.site.com/page3.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page3.htm
demo2.site.com/page52.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page14.htm
demo1.site.com/page55.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page55.htm
demo1.site.com/page25.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page25.htm
demo2.site.com/page5.htm - https://demo1.site.com/page22.htm
etcā€¦

What i donā€™t understand is why sometimes, in some row, it appears dome2.site as value of ā€œPage Url Dimensionā€ and demo1.site as value of ā€œComplete URL Custom Dimensionā€

Why Matomo assign two different urls to the two variables? Why sometimes the variable Page Url takes on a value that it doesnā€™t respect the filter rule?

I hope I managed to explain my doubt.

Thanks

#4

Hi @SimoneF

I would suggest you use custom action dimension on the subsite. You may probably automatically extract the subdomain in the dimension dimension:

Then as first dimension in your report, you just have to use this dimension :wink:

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#5

Yes, i tried to set both, custom action dimension and custom visit dimension, for subsite, and result is (considering only home page of subsite for test):

  • pageviews for custom action dimension and pageviews in standard report are equal
  • pageviews for custom visit dimension are less than pageviews in standard report

so, custom action dimension seems to give the correct filtered result.

But Iā€™m not very clear difference between custom action dimension and custom visit dimension. I got an answer from the empirical evidence butā€¦ i didnā€™t understand the logicā€¦ :pensive: