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What exactly constitutes a view for a post?

  • July 19, 2023
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Dermot11

Hello All!

I assume that the number of views reported in the Explore data for Gather posts relates to the number of times users have opened the post's page. Is this correct?

Kind Regards,

Dermot

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Darenne
  • July 27, 2023
Hi Dermot, I hope you're doing great!

In Gather dashboard in Explore, there are 3 key metrics: 
 
  • Community post: This will render you all the new posts in your Community forum
  • Post views: This refers to number of views of all community posted in your forum. 
  • Post votes: Number of all votes consisting upvotes and downvotes. 
 
If you're referring to post view, you're correct. If a customer viewed that specific community post, it will be added in the post view section. You can find more information in this article for your reference. 

Dermot11
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  • July 28, 2023

Thank you, Darenne!

Are these unique views?  For example, if a member reads the post ten times, is that ten views or one view?

Kind Regards,

Dermot


Darenne
  • August 1, 2023
Hi again Dermont! Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I just checked the Post view calculation outlined here.
 

IF ([guide_community_engagement_event_type] = "Post viewed") THEN [guide_community_engagement_community_post_id] 

 
It is calculating the event not the ID of the viewer. Hence, if the same person with the same email address viewed the article 10 times, it would mean 10 views too.

Dermot11
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  • August 1, 2023

Thank you, Darenne!

That answers my question!

Kind Regards,

Dermot


Darenne
  • August 1, 2023
Hi Dermot, glad I was able to assist! You have a lovely day.