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Analytics events reference

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Analytics events reference

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Behavioral analytics logs events using the Elastic Common Schema, including a custom field set for analytics events. Refer to examples of the full data objects that are logged.

Fields overview

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Common event fields

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@timestamp: Timestamp of the event.
event.action: The type of event. Possible values are search, search_click, and pageview.
event.source: The source of the event. Possible values are client and server.
session.id: A unique identifier for the session.
user.id: A unique identifier for the user.
_id: The document ID.
_index: The index name.
_score: The score of the document.

Search event fields

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search.filters: The filters applied to the search query.
search.query: The search query.
search.results.items.document.id: The ID of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.document.index: The index of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.domain: The URL domain of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.original: The original URL of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.path: The URL path of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.scheme: The URL scheme of the page in the search results.
search.results.total_results: The total number of results returned by the search query.
search.search_application: The search application used to perform the search query.
search.sort.name: The name of the sort applied to the search query.

Search click event fields

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document.id: The ID of the document that was clicked.
document.index: The index containing the document that was clicked.
page.url.domain: The URL domain of the page that was clicked.
page.url.original: The original URL of the page that was clicked.
page.url.path: The URL path of the page that was clicked.
page.url.scheme: The URL scheme of the page that was clicked.
search.filters: The filters applied to the search query.
search.query: The search query.
search.results.items.document.id: The ID of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.document.index: The index of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.domain: The URL domain of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.original: The original URL of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.path: The URL path of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.scheme: The URL scheme of the page in the search results.
search.results.total_results: The total number of results returned by the search query.
search.search_application: The search application used to perform the search query.
search.sort.name: The name of the sort applied to the search query.
session.location.country_iso_code: The ISO code of the country where the search click occurred.
session.location.country_name: The name of the country where the search click occurred.

Pageview event fields

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document.id: The ID of the document that was viewed.
document.index: The index containing the document that was viewed.
page.referrer.domain: The URL domain of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.original: The original URL of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.path: The path of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.scheme: The URL scheme of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.title: The title of the viewed page.
page.url.domain: The URL domain of the viewed page.
page.url.original: The original URL of the viewed page.
page.url.path: The URL path of the viewed page.
page.url.scheme: The URL scheme of the viewed page.
session.location.country_iso_code: The ISO code of the country where the pageview occurred.
session.location.country_name: The name of the country where the pageview occurred.

Examples

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Expand to see a full example of a search event data object:

{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:52:29.003Z"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "search"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "search.filters": [
    {
      "color": [
        "silver"
      ],
      "brand": [
        "Robel, Klocko and Ziemann",
        "McClure, Marks and Mertz"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "search.query": [
    "transformation"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.id": [
    "045a164b-229e-40b5-ba66-b2ebabd2a251"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.domain": [
    "fancy-overcoat.org"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.original": [
    "http://fancy-overcoat.org/happy/pancakes/deals"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.path": [
    "/happy/pancakes/deals"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "search.results.total_results": [
    67
  ],
  "search.search_application": [
    "search-ui"
  ],
  "search.sort.name": [
    "relevance"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "2bc31b08-d443-4b7a-81ea-65edf3dd82e7"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "42704a4b-692b-4654-bb67-a65eb0c72f15"
  ],
  "_id": "y3IBBogBWHKTU-4a543S",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}

Expand to see a full example of a search_click event data object:

{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:22:23.468Z"
  ],
  "document.id": [
    "38cca784-109a-4ea0-a4e8-60c3be667ffd"
  ],
  "document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "search_click"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "page.url.domain": [
    "unfurnished-appartments"
  ],
  "page.url.original": [
    "https://unfurnished-appartments/new/europe"
  ],
  "page.url.path": [
    "/new/europe"
  ],
  "page.url.scheme": [
    "https"
  ],
  "search.filters": [
    {
      "brand": [
        "McClure, Marks and Mertz",
        "Ondricka - Rath"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "search.query": [
    "ferryboat"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.id": [
    "0c76967b-4915-446e-9b2c-b1bfb9e39e1e"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.domain": [
    "dependent-lecture.info"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.original": [
    "http://dependent-lecture.info/documents/additional/latest"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.path": [
    "/documents/additional/latest"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "search.results.total_results": [
    54
  ],
  "search.search_application": [
    "search-ui"
  ],
  "search.sort.name": [
    "relevance"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "9411fb93-8707-49a4-baab-cec4d6aef753"
  ],
  "session.location.country_iso_code": [
    "GP"
  ],
  "session.location.country_name": [
    "Guadeloupe"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "911d0c19-e713-4413-8f4c-c6c612bc37c4"
  ],
  "_id": "m8cBBogBG4-Ak0Iy7LME",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}

Expand to see a full example of a pageview event data object:

{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:52:51.309Z"
  ],
  "document.id": [
    "c98ppfc8-3a04-4a20-888a-f87292b31181"
  ],
  "document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "page_view"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "page.referrer.domain": [
    "happy-pancakes.name"
  ],
  "page.referrer.original": [
    "https://happy-pancakes.name/magnam"
  ],
  "page.referrer.path": [
    "/magnam"
  ],
  "page.referrer.scheme": [
    "https"
  ],
  "page.title": [
    "Super fast delivery"
  ],
  "page.url.domain": [
    "happy-staircase.net"
  ],
  "page.url.original": [
    "http://happy-staircase.net/quam"
  ],
  "page.url.path": [
    "/quam"
  ],
  "page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "2bc31b08-d443-4b7a-81ea-65edf3dd82e7"
  ],
  "session.location.country_iso_code": [
    "SN"
  ],
  "session.location.country_name": [
    "Senegal"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "42704a4b-692b-4654-bb67-a65eb0c72f15"
  ],
  "_id": "zHIBBogBWHKTU-4a543S",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}

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