Adding Events to a report

Events and dimensions

Some events can be charted with a limited set of dimensions. All events in a report must contain a report group that contains all of the included dimensions, although this report group does not have to be the same group across the events in the report.

If you add an event or dimension and the total number of potential rows to be displayed in the detail table exceeds 1,000 rows, a warning indicates that report performance can be impacted. If the warning is ignored, the Report Builder attempts to query and display the report. If this row limit is indeed exceeded in the returned data, the report is not displayed. If the warning is canceled, the proposed changes are maintained so that you can apply filtering to reduce the scope of the report.

If you add multiple events with shared dimensions, all data is displayed regardless of whether the data appears for both events. Suppose Event A and Event B share Dimension 1, and Event A has data for Dimension 1 value 1a, but Event B does not. The data for Event A, Dimension 1, value 1a is displayed in the report, while Event B shows a blank value for that data point. Dimension values that do not exist in the data set can be filled with 0.

Multiple events

You cannot add multiple instances of the same event with the same data type to a single report, as it would be considered a duplicate, which is not allowed. However, if you add the event and change the data type for the first instance, you can then add the event again, as the event/default data type combination is not present in the report.

You can add the same event or ratio multiple times to see the data reported in multiple ways, such as raw count or average. You must open the Event Selector multiple times.

When the same event is added multiple times, its data is displayed on-screen only once, although the data can be in use in multiple ways in the report.

Event Selector

In the Event Selector, you can select one or more events to add to the report as it is specified. When added, these events supplement the events that are already added to the report.

• For more information about a listed event, move the mouse cursor over the event icon. The event tooltip information is displayed.
• Events that cannot be added to the report are not displayed. Building block events cannot be added to a report. Inactive events can be added to reports, while they are configured for display in the Portal. During periods of inactivity, events do not create event values. If event values display as skewed in a report, you must verify that the event is active for the reporting period.

  The available events are restricted to events that have the dimensions currently in the report. If you create a report from scratch, there are no dimensions so you can pick any event. But once you add a dimension to the report, for example, dimension X, you can add only events that have dimension X.

• Events that are configured to discard the session can be added to the report. However, their session counts are always zero.
• To filter the list of available events, start typing text in the textbox.
• To select an event, click the check box next to its name, and click Add to Report. The event is added to the Data Selector Panel, and the report is automatically updated.

Numeric events

After you add a numeric event, the data type for the event is listed in square brackets.

• For regular events, the default data type is [Count].
• For numeric events, the default data type is [Sum].
• For ratios, the data type is set to [Ratio].
• If an item is renamed, the data type is no longer automatically displayed.
• The data type displayed in the report can be configured in the context menu.

Automatic Event Dimension

If no dimension is added to the report, the special Automatic dimension is applied to the report. When report users adjust dates to display in the report, the appropriate date-based dimension is automatically selected for the report.

• If no dimension is added to the report, all included events must use the Automatic dimension.
• If a specific dimension is selected for any selected event, the Automatic dimension is not applied.