Advanced Analytics Tools: Building a Custom Report

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Create a new Wix Analytics report to answer specific questions that weren’t addressed in existing pre-built reports. Learn how to create a new report, and how to use tools such as report tiles, analytics tables, Measures and Dimensions.
Important:

Step 1 | Create a new report

Get started by giving your new custom report a name and a description.

To create a new report:

  1. Go to All Reports in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  at the top right and select Create a custom report.
  3. Click Get Started.
  4. Add your report name and description.
  5. Click Create Your Report
A screenshot of the option to create a custom report on the All Reports page.

Step 2 | Add a tile to your report

A tile is a visualization of your data. To create a tile you’ll need to choose a topic (Explore), the data you are interested in (Measures and Dimensions), and how you want to display your data (Visualization).

To add a tile to your report:

  1. Click Edit Dashboard.
  2. Click Add and select Visualization.
A screenshot of adding a tile to a report.

Step 3 | Choose an Explore

Choose an Explore from the list on the left. Each Explore focuses on different elements of your data. The Explore is considered the topic of your tile. 
A screenshot of choosing an Explore.

Step 4 | Choose Measures and Dimensions

Measures and Dimensions include all of the metrics you can include in your reports.
You can choose:
  • Single measures. This is ideal to present a single value chart, such as total value, number of customers, or number of orders.
  • Measure + Dimension. This is useful when you want to add a line chart with an x and y axis, bar chart, or pie chart.
  • Multiple dimensions + multiple measures. This is useful when you want to add a table tile.
Once you've chosen your Measures and Dimensions, name your Tile in the Edit Tile window.

Step 5 | Run your report

To run your report, click Run at the top right. Your results will load in the data pane.
A screenshot of highlighting the Run button to run the custom report.

Step 6 | Choose how to view your report

You can choose to see your data in a table, bar chart, columns, scatterplot, line, area, pie chart, map, or single value.
Click your preferred visualization icon, and your data will be displayed accordingly.
A screenshot of choosing how to view your report.

Step 7 | Save your changes

  1. Click Save, and the tile will be added to your report.
  2. (Optional) To resize a tile after saving, click the lower right corner of the tile and drag to adjust.
  3. Click Save to create your report.
    Tip: Once saved, your report will be available in your Custom reports list.

FAQs

Click a question to learn more about custom reports.

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