I have a goal funnel built in Google Analytics and the first step is required. Since setting up the funnel, that first step page is receiving pageviews, but the funnel remains empty, no one has entered. It's only been about 18 hours since I updated the funnel.
Why would the first step be receiving pageviews (in a Site Content report), but the Funnel Visualization report is showing 0 entrances? Wouldn't the Funnel Visualization report show entrances even if no one actually successfully completed the funnel? Does the Funnel Visualization report update slower than a regular Site Content report?
I resolved the issue. The destination used regular expression as the matching criteria, but the first step of the funnel contained a "?" that was not escaped and therefore wasn't correctly capturing visitors in the first step of the funnel.
I pieced together the resolution in Google's documentation here in the Tips for Setting up Funnels section at the bottom: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1116091?hl=en
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I have a Goal setup in Google Analytics as a Destination type goal. It was previously working, and just noticed that it stopped.
I thought it was completely broken after seeing the Funnel, but when I went to check under:
Conversions > Goals > Overview
I noticed that conversions are being tracked, so no sure what the problem is. Thanks!
The Funnel Visualization is not the best report to monitor conversions. Take a look at the specifics of this report: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2976313?hl=en
For example, when you mark a first step as required, the Funnel Visualization report only includes goal conversions that pass through that required step. Other sessions are just dropped from the report.
Is the Google Analytics - Goal Funnel Visualization report - an actual funnel? Meaning - does every step show only page hits from users who hit the previous page? i.e - if the first step is /signup and the last (the goal) is /pay, will i see only payed users who signed up on the selected dates, or will users who hit /pay and not /signup also show on the report?
The term you're looking for is closed funnel and the answer is No. The Goal Funnel Visualization report is not a closed funnel. It's possible for a user to enter the funnel at any step. This is represented with the red box below:
I have an issue with my Funnel Visualization in Google Analytics where the funnels are showing as zero for every step - even although the Goal Funnel report just above it shows a conversion rate for that goal.
I have Funnel as 'ON' for this goal, but it is not showing anything.
Am I misunderstanding something about funnels here or is my setup wrong?
This appeared to simply be a case of waiting for the funnel reports to populate. I was under the impression that they would be populated in a matter of hours, but in this case it was 24hrs+.
I created a funnel visualization on Google analytics, but although all the URLs are entered accurately, the funnel shows a 100% flow rate, which is impossible. Is there anything that I am missing or haven't set up ?
In the Funnel Visualization report, you may see a 100% exit rate from your first step or a 100% continuation rate if multiple steps contain the same pages or screens. Keep in mind that funnel steps accept regular expressions. For example, if your first step is your homepage—i.e., '/'—then it actually matches all pages that contain or begin with '/'. In this example, you'd see a 100% exit rate from that first step. To resolve this issue, adjust the regular expressions you use for your funnel steps.
I am attempting to create goal funnels in GA for dynamic asp.net based pages. The funnel currently looks as follows:
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/market_home.aspx
/Category.aspx
/product.aspx
/Cart.aspx
/Checkout.aspx
/OrderReview.aspx
/Confirmation.aspx
The market_home, Category and product pages are dynamic and will contain various parameters ie:
/market_home.aspx?id=1
/Category.aspx?id=1
/product.aspx?id=1
I am using regular expression as my match setting (have tried head match as well). I still get two of my market home pages not being captured. It is only 2 out of 18.
I can't seem to figure out why it catches some, but not all of the traffic.
I also am not capturing incoming/outgoing traffic that is not at the start of the funnel. In other words, those visitors being captured in the funnel appear to complete the entire thing from start to finish. There are no visitors dropping out in the middle anywhere, which I can't believe.
The beginning of the URL will not change.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
I've got the same problem, i even asked about it couple days ago: Using regexp in Google Analytics Goal Funnel steps
I beleive the thing is that RegExp don't work properly in funnel steps. My solution for this is generating the same virtual pageview in every dynamically generated page and use it in the funnel. Goog practice is to create a separate profile for it and filter out those virtuals in the main to avoid data distortion.