See Session Quality data
To open the Session Quality report:
- Sign in to Google Analytics.
- Navigate to your view.
- Open Reports.
- Select Audience > Behavior > Session Quality.
Session Quality data is delayed by 24 hours: this report depends on complete processing of the daily-aggregate tables.
A property must meet the prerequisites for data in order for the report to be visible in the views for that property.
Which reporting views include the report
If a property has fewer than 15 views, then the report is visible in all views.
If a property has 15 or more views, then the report is visible in the default view. (Learn more about setting the default view.)
If there is also a view besides the default that is linked to BigQuery, then the report is also visible in that view.
About session quality
Using similar machine learning as with Smart Lists and Smart Goals, Analytics calculates the Session Quality dimension and the Average Session Quality metric to estimate a user’s proximity to conversion. User engagement is evaluated for each session, and the resulting proximity to conversion is expressed as a score of 1-100 for each session during the date range, with 1 being the farthest from and 100 being the closest to a transaction. A value of 0 indicates that the metric is not calculated for the selected time range.
Session Quality is calculated for individual sessions.
Average Session Quality is calculated for all sessions related to a dimension for the date range you’re using, for example:
- The score for all sessions where Source = google during January 1 - January 31
- The score for all sessions where Country = India during January 1 - January 31
The Session Quality dimension is shown in the Session Quality report, and in Analytics segments, remarketing audiences, and custom reports.
The Avg. Session Quality metric is shown in the Session Quality report, and is also available in custom reports.
Prerequisites
In order to calculate the dimension and metric, Analytics needs the following data:
- A minimum of 1000 ecommerce transactions per month. You must have implemented ecommerce tracking.
- Once you reach the initial threshold of 1000 ecommerce transactions, Analytics then needs 30 days of data to model.
The Session Quality report
The Session Quality report lets you see:
- The distribution of sessions with and without transactions, across 5 session-quality buckets (histogram)
- Acquisition, behavior, and conversion metrics for sessions across the dimensions of Default Channel Grouping, Source, and Medium (table)
Using session-quality data
Segments
With segments, you can look at any of your data in the context of session-quality thresholds. For example, you can create a segment for Session Quality > 75, and then examine things like:
- How your users who demonstrate a strong likelihood to convert compare with your overall user base. Do they represent a small fraction of your users, or do your advertising and site combine to engage a large percentage of your users?
- Which of your keywords and campaigns deliver highly engaged users.
- Which conversion paths are most effective, and where along the path can you deliver the most effective advertising.
Conversely, you can use a low threshold to examine the opposite end of the user spectrum:
- What percentage of your users conduct low-quality sessions?
- Are the keywords and campaigns that draw users who conduct low-quality sessions different from the ones that draw more valuable users? If they are, does it make sense to devote less budget to them?
- Which conversion paths do the lower-scoring users follow? Are there opportunities along those paths to deliver more effective marketing?
Remarketing audiences
Users who are on the threshold of converting are more easily convinced to complete those conversions. For example, users who have studied product details or added items to their carts have given strong signals that they’re already taking ownership of those products. A persuasive follow-up from you via a well-crafted remarketing campaign can provide that last nudge they need to complete the process.
Creating remarketing audiences based on your highly engaged users and publishing those audiences to your various marketing platforms like Google Ads and Display & Video 360 lets you re-engage them everywhere you have an online presence.
You can also publish these audiences to Optimize so that you can understand exactly which refinements to your site content deliver the highest likelihood of conversion.
