July 4 2014
Big Ideas
Author: Michael McCaffrey
A client of ours (travel agency) approached us asking how to easily view reports based on how much traffic each of their agent pages were getting. A custom dashboard is the best solution. You can also modify this approach slightly to track how much traffic your blog posts are getting, product pages, divisions, and much more.
Step 1:
Find the report or page you wish to make into a dashboard. (Left Menu)
Step 2:
Filter the pages you’re interested in. In this case, it was any URL that started with “/agent-details/”. (Menu just above the rows of data)
Step 3:
Set the number of rows you wish to display. (Bottom of the page)
Step 4:
Copy the entire URL. URLs are dynamic, so Google will remember your preferences in steps 2 and 3 above. (Select the URL and hit “Ctrl + c” to copy)
Step 5:
Create a new ‘blank canvas’ (or add to existing) dashboard. (Top of the left menu)
Step 6:
At the bottom, paste in the URL from Step 4.
Step 7:
Add a filter, if desired:
Step 8:
Voila! You have a new dashboard. Clicking the title of the dashboard will take you directly to the page you filtered in Steps 4-5.