How to create multiple dashboard widgets for different sets of Event Actions in Matomo?

shubham.verma2 · January 8, 2026, 3:00pm

Hi Matomo team,

I am planning to use Matomo for my internal web project and currently setting it up.
I am tracking events using the JavaScript tracker like below:

_paq.push([‘trackEvent’, ‘Plan A’, ‘Plan A Landing Page View’]);
_paq.push([‘trackEvent’, ‘Plan A’, ‘Plan A Details Page View’]);

_paq.push([‘trackEvent’, ‘Plan B’, ‘Plan B Landing Page View’]);
_paq.push([‘trackEvent’, ‘Plan B’, ‘Plan B Landing Page View’]);

In the Matomo UI, I can see these events under Behavior → Events
However, on the Dashboard, Matomo provides only one standard widget for “Actions: Event Actions” or “Actions: Event Names”, which mixes all events together.

What I want to achieve

I want to create multiple dashboard widgets for “Actions: Event Actions” or “Action: Event Names“ for example:

There should be 2 widget for “Actions: Event Actions”

Widget 1 – Plan A

```
Plan A Landing Page View
```
```
Plan A Details Page View
```

Widget 2 – Plan B

```
Plan B Landing Page View
```
```
Plan B Landing Page View
```

So that each widget shows only a specific set of actions, instead of all actions combined.
For example, multiple set of widgets as displayed in image below:**
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What I have tried:

Custom Dimensions**
I created a Visit Custom Dimension and an Action Custom Dimension
I tried setting values using:
_paq.push(['setCustomDimension', 1, 'WavePlan']);

But I could not clearly map this to multiple dashboard widgets filtered by actions.

Tag Manager
I created custom events and tags using _mtm.push({ event: '...' })
Tags and triggers fire correctly
But I still don’t see a straightforward way to create **separate widgets per action group
Segments**
I don’t see an obvious way to create reusable widgets filtered by specific Event Actions only.

My main questions
Is it possible in Matomo to create multiple dashboard widgets for:

- Multiple “Actions: Event Categories”
- Multiple “Actions: Event Actions”
- Multiple “Actions: Event Names”
  
  If yes, What is the recommended approach?
  
  If no, What is the best Matomo-recommended workaround to logically group actions and visualize them separately on the dashboard?

goochj03 · January 21, 2026, 3:21am

Hi there,

The only way I can think of to achieve this reliably is by using the Custom Reports plugin.

You can create a custom report using the Event Action (or Event Name) dimension and apply a filter so the report only includes the specific events you want to display. Using the metric of hits would let you see how often an event was fired in a custom report. Each custom report can then be added to your dashboard as its own widget, and you can choose different visualizations (for example, a pie chart). https://matomo.org/faq/reports/create-and-analyse-custom-reports/

Using segments unfortunately isn’t suitable in this case, as segments in Matomo are visit-based. This means that if you segment by a specific event action, any other events that occurred during the same visit may also appear in the report or chart. https://matomo.org/faq/general/why-do-urls-other-than-those-in-my-segment-appear-in-my-reports/