Preceding Pages

This dimension is part of the pages path analysis and shows the direct preceeding page of a page within the same visit.

Between both pages, no further pages can be viewed.

Using this dimension is most useful if you restrict your analysis to a specific page (i.e., the page that follows the shown "preceeding page").  

Example:

A user views the following pages in the given order within a visit:

Regarding Page C,

• the Preceding Page is Page B,
• the Second Preceding Page is Page A.

Example for using this dimension in an analysis:

How do user reach the page "en.404"?

Analysis using a filter:

• Filter:
  
  
  
• Analysis:
  
  
  Prior to the page en.404 the page en.service was accessed 7,128 times.

Analysis in a pivot table

Similar Figures:

• Second Preceeding Pages: pages viewed directly before the preceeding page
• Follower Pages: pages viewed directly after a page
• Second Follower Pages: pages viewed directly after the follower page

Further information:

• Training document Analyses 5 – Analysis of Navigation Paths.