Dimensions

Dimensions are the labels used to describe different types of metrics or data. For example, Referer is the data collected from external links referring visits to a page, while Browser shows which browsers accessed your website.

Below you can find a list of the different dimensions you can use to filter Web Analytics:

• Country: The visitor's country.
• Host: The domain of the site's URL.
• Path: The links within your site referring visits to a page.
• Referer: The external links referring visits to a page. You can access referer host data on the dashboard. Additionally, you can access data for the referer path from the GraphQL API.
• Device type: The device visitors use to access a page (for example, desktop, mobile, or tablet).
• Browser: The web browser (for example, Chrome, Safari) visitors use to access your website.
• Operating system: The operating system visitors use to access a page.
• Site: The website's domain name. Used for high-level segmentation of data. For example, you can use it for a particular zone or gray-clouded website.
• Exclude Bots: Exclude bot traffic from the dataset. With this dimension set to Yes, the resulting dataset will be a closer representation of real user traffic.
• Navigation type: Which method was used to load the HTML document. Refer to Navigation types for a breakdown.

Navigation types

Type	Cache hit?	Explanation
Navigate	❌	The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but the document was either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache, so a network request was made to load the document.
Navigate Cache	✅	The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document.
Navigate Prefetch Cache	✅	The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form and the document has been prefetched into the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document.
Prerender	✅	The visitor clicked a link or submitted a form but the browser had already prerendered the page, so no network request was necessary for the document.
Reload	❌	The visitor reloaded the page but the document was either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache, so a network request was made to load the document.
Reload Cache	✅	The visitor reloaded the page and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document.
Back-forward	❌	The visitor used the back/forward buttons/gestures in their browser but the previously-loaded document either not found or stale in the browsers HTTP cache OR a feature was used which prevents using the cache (refer to the explanation in Back/forward cache ↗), so a network request was made to load the document.
Back-forward Cache	✅	The visitor used the back/forward buttons/gestures in their browser and the document was found and fresh within the browsers HTTP cache, so no network request was necessary for the document.
Restore	✅	The browser was able to restore this page, for example when a tab has been paused due to inactivity.