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Cool custom report: Dayparts

You should have a solid idea of how visitor behaviors change at the end of the work day or on weekends. “Daypart” is marketingese for sections of the day that have different audiences and different audience behaviors. WebTrends’ SDC tag conveniently collects the local time of day for every hit.

September 5, 2008   No Comments

Making your first Custom Reports!

This is for WebTrends newbies who are ready to try a custom report. We think, we hope, that WebTrends users who have hesitated to tackle this ultra-valuable feature will find it far easier than they thought. Often, the hesitation is simply due to terminology issues! We’ll go slow.

August 13, 2008   No Comments

The order in which WebTrends executes filters

Newbie users, you might want to avert your eyes because this topic could make you think you’ll just never master this program.  There are so many ins and outs to know about, aren’t there. 
(Actually, newbies, you’ll probably never need to know 99% of this stuff so don’t let it get you down.  Most users never […]

May 23, 2008   3 Comments

Under-appreciated feature: The “URL Viewed In Visit” filter

(Applies to:  Custom Reports)
This filter allows you to look at visits that contained a certain page … anywhere in the visit.
Other visit filters depend on the first page of a visit.  This one looks at the whole visit.  It’s wonderful.  A bit of a breakthrough in analytics, really.  WebTrends just slid it in a few versions ago without […]

May 13, 2008   No Comments