{"id":2144,"date":"2025-05-20T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8091\/interpreting-result-from-session-recording\/how-do-i-use-the-overview-tab-in-session-recording-results\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:53:53","slug":"tab-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uxtweak.com\/help\/session-recording-results\/tab-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I use the Overview tab in Session Recording results?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text-block\">In this help, we&#8217;ll explain the information found in the Overview tab.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"sessions-per-period\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Sessions per Period<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"sessions-per-period\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>This diagram displays the development of the number of session over a chosen period of time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the dropdown list above the diagram, select the time period &#8211; daily, weekly or monthly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click a point in the diagram to see the number of sessions and the time it represents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the dropdown list above the diagram, select Compare to prior period to also show the development of the number sessions over the previous day\/week\/month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"top-visitors\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Top Visitors<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"top-visitors\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top five users who showed the most activity on your website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The score to determine the top users is calculated as the (number of sessions) x (the number of events + 1). The +1 assures that users are ordered by their number of sessions if their number of events equals zero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1-83.png\" alt=\"Monitor activity and find your most active users\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Monitor activity and find your most active users<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Sessions per Period is a diagram of the number of sessions recorded on your website over a set period of time. In Top Visitors, you can take look at what the users who interacted with your site the most were doing. Click the replay button to watch their last session.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-65.png\" alt=\"Adjust the monitoring period\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Adjust the monitoring period<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>By clicking the period dropdown, you can decide if you want to watch the development of the number of sessions over the last month, week or day. Check &#8220;Compare to prior period&#8221; to see how your visits compare to the previous month, week or day.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"sessions-health\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Sessions Health<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"sessions-health\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The Sessions Health diagram gives you a visual representation of three different metrics of the quality of sessions over the previous 81 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the dropdown above the diagram to select between<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Events per session, Session duration<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Active time<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Events per session<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>is the rate of the number of events (clicks, form changes) to the number of sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Session duration<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>is the average length of a session (session automatically terminates after 30 minutes of inactivity)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;\">Active time<\/b><span>\u00a0<\/span>is the average time spent on interacting with the website \/ web app (non-idle time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"slowest-pages\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Slowest Pages<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"slowest-pages\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top five pages on your website that were the slowest to load<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The metric used to measure the speed of loading is<span>\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgb(211, 145, 12); transition: color 200ms;\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/fundamentals\/performance\/user-centric-performance-metrics\" target=\"_blank\">First Contentful Paint<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>&#8211; the time until the browser renders the first piece of content (e.g. text or an image)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-42.png\" alt=\"Monitor session health and discover slowest pages\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Monitor session health and discover slowest pages<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Session health shows you the quality of recorded sessions as the distribution of three distinct metrics over the period of the last 81 days. Slowest pages show you which pages on your website took the longest to load.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4-27.png\" alt=\"Choose a session health metric\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Choose a session health metric<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>For easier reading of the session health diagram, you can hide the plotted lines of the individual metrics and only focus on one at a time. You can also compare session health with what it looked like during the previous 81 days.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"top-referrers\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Top Referrers<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"top-referrers\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three websites that linked (referred) visitors to your website \/ web app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"top-locations\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Top Locations<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"top-locations\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three countries that your visitors accessed your website \/ web app from<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location is determined based on the respondent&#8217;s IP address and as such can be inaccurate (such as when the respondent is using and out-of-country VPN or other means to obfuscate their presence online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5-18.png\" alt=\"Top referrers and locations\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Top referrers and locations<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Top referrers are the sites that directed most users to your website. Top locations show countries that your users were coming from the most often.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"device-breakdown\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Device Breakdown<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"device-breakdown\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three types of devices that your visitors accessed your website \/ web app from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"os-breakdown\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">OS Breakdown<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"os-breakdown\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three operating systems that your visitors accessed your website \/ web app from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/6-10.png\" alt=\"Device and OS breakdown\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Device and OS breakdown<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Find out what types of devices and operating systems were most popularly used by your visitors.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"browser-breakdown\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Browser Breakdown<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"browser-breakdown\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three browsers that your visitors accessed your website \/ web app from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"screen-resolution-breakdown\" class=\"heading-block\" tabindex=\"0\">Screen Resolution Breakdown<a class=\"copy-link\" title=\"Copy link\" data-id=\"screen-resolution-breakdown\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/themes\/uxtweak\/public\/assets\/images\/icons\/link.svg\" alt=\"Copy link\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li>The top three countries that your visitors viewed your website \/ web app in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"image-block\">    <div class=\"image-instance\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/help.uxtweak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/7-7.png\" alt=\"Browser and resolution breakdown\" \/>\n                <div class=\"right-container\">\n            <div class=\"text\">\n                                    <h4>Browser and resolution breakdown<\/h4>\n                                                    <p>Find out what browsers and what screen resolutions have your visitors viewed your website from the most.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"links\">\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this help, we&#8217;ll explain the information found in the Overview 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