This article provides instructions for admin users on how to set up the Statistics feature and describes the data available.
For more information, visit Statistics versus Google Analytics.
This section provides instructions for admin users on how to set up and enable the Statistics feature.
Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the main toolbar from any page.
The Domain Settings page opens.
On the same row as a domain, click Action.
The Action menu expands.
In the drop-down list, select Script Setup Guide.
The Set up your Domain page opens.
Click Enable Statistics to turn it on.
Copy the script and add it to the HTML code of the website. In the HTML editor, paste the script into the HEAD tag or place it before the </body>
tag on every page.
If Consent Manager is activated, the script must be in the HEAD tag in order to catch the cookies.
For more information, visit Add the script.
To turn on the Statistics section view for the Dashboard, return to the Action drop-down list and this time select Edit Domain. The Edit Domain page opens.
In the Features section, click Statistics to turn it on.
It is possible to set up the script manually without using the wizard. The button must be on in the Script Setup Guide as per above, but if you prefer to set up the script yourself, visit Tracking on the developers documentation section.
This section provides instructions for admin users on how to exclude a specific IP address from the statistics results in the scan.
Excluded IP address statistics can only affect the results seen by new visitors.
Click Admin Settings (gear icon) on the top menu bar.
The Domain Settings page opens.
Click Action on the same row as a domain.
The Action menu expands.
Click to select Statistics excluded IP addresses. The Excluded IP addresses from statistics page opens. This page shows previously added IP address exclusions and offers the opportunity to add or delete exclusions from the list.
Click the plus icon to add a new IP address for exclusion from the scan.
Tip! Use * as a wildcard (for example 192.168.1.*).
This section provides information about Cookieless tracking.
The Statistics module normally applies a cookie to the browser of the visitor. It is possible to remove this so that the scan can still track the same data from visitors who refuse Statistics cookies on the cookie banner.
For instructions on how to use and set up Event Tracking, visit Event tracking
When all of the features and modules are set up, copy the script and add it to the HTML code of the website. In the HTML editor, paste the script into the HEAD tag or place it before the </body> tag on every page.
If Consent Manager is activated, the script must be in the HEAD tag in order to catch the cookies.
For more information, visit Add the script.
For information about how to use the Statistics feature, visit Statistics introduction.
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