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:
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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
I have to calculate the conversion rate for an ecommerce website which had no defined goals for a long period of time. Aside that the success page had no distinct url than the order view page.
However I am able to identify a conversion by filtering the order-view pageviews -
where users are redirected after they place an order - by the traffic that came only from shopping-cart page.
Basically I will know an order was placed if the user that reached order view page came directly from the shopping cart page.
So my question is: can I create a goal in google analytics that will compute the conversion rate from these two steps starting with installing Google Analitycs?
Thank you!
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'm utilizing Google Analytics for my mobile apps (iOS & Android) and set Goals to track how many users successfully touch down Home page (Intro - Sign up - Welcome - Rate Movies - Home)
So I set these two goals for test:
Both Goals are URL Destination types.
Goal #1. Intro(Required) -> Sign Up -> Welcome(Set as Goal URL)
Goal #2. Intro(Required) -> Sign Up -> Welcome -> Rate Movies -> Homm(Set as Goal URL)
Now it's been a few days and I can check the data but both of them returned same number of Intro views (9905) but different numbers in Sign Up (5772 vs 8328). In same period.
Please advise me why this happened.
The figures inside the various steps of the funnel are not accurate. In the situation you have described, the problem is most probably caused by the "back-filling" of Sign-Up step visits. You may rely on the goal conversion rate, not on the funnel visualization nor goal flow.
If you really want to visualize the funnel, you may have to build it by yourself, extracting data from Google Analytics API.
Articles giving more explanations about how the conversions funnels work:
Goals & Funnels in Google Analytics: Confusion and Workarounds
The Google Analytics Conversion Funnel Survival Guide
steps higher in the funnel are artificially “backfilled” when a lower step has a greater number of pageviews
I am stuck at point and don't know how to go ahead. The scenario is -
I am tracking the visitors flow and registration on my website. I have also created different funnels and goals for the same.
Note - after coming to my website, there are 3 other ways through which a visitor can register on my website and I have created separate funnels for those flows.
Secondly, all registered users(through all funnels) are getting approved by the admin at the back end. I am separately able to capture that data in an event and hence created a goal for the number of approved users but still don't know through which funnel they registered and got approved.
My question is " How can i track and show the numbers in GA that the approved user is coming from a particular funnel/flow. For example - 4 approved user came through funnel A, 6 came through funnel B and 2 came through C."
Is it possible to show in GA?
Create custom segment: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3124493?hl=en
which includes users that have reached goal.
Then you can get Acquisition reports for this segment.