User Behaviour Sessions Over Time
Sessions over time on the User Behaviour dashboard shows how many sessions the selected page or pages had on each day of the selected period, with the previous period as a dashed line.
Reading the Sessions over time chart
| Series | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Selected period | Sessions on each day of the selected period. |
| Previous period | Sessions on each day of the previous period: the same number of days immediately before the selected period. |
The previous period is drawn day by day alongside the selected period, so the first day of each period sits at the same point on the chart. Hover over a day to see Daily sessions for both periods, each with its own date. With All devices selected, the tooltip also splits each day into Desktop, Mobile and Tablet.
Days with no sessions show as zero.
Filters that apply to Sessions over time
Sessions over time is filtered by every User Behaviour filter: website, page, dates, device, audience and traffic source.
Sessions over time messages
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No sessions were recorded for this selection. | Nothing was recorded for these filters. |
| Session history could not be loaded. | Refresh the page. |
| The session chart could not be displayed. | The chart could not be drawn. Refresh the page. |
Common misreadings of Sessions over time
| Belief | Correction |
|---|---|
| The previous period is the same dates last year. | It is the same number of days immediately before the selected period. |
| The two lines show the same calendar dates. | Each line shows its own period, aligned by day number. |
| The daily totals add up to the total in Traffic sources. | Traffic sources is counted separately and can differ. |