User Analytics - Session (Visit)
About
A session on a analytical level is a group of user interactions that take place within a given time frame.
A single session can contain multiple:
- social interactions,
- and ecommerce transactions
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Relationship
- A single user can open multiple sessions.
- A session is the container for the actions a user takes
End
There are two methods by which a session ends:
- Time-based expiration:
- After 30 minutes of inactivity
- At midnight
- Campaign change:
- If a user arrives via one campaign, leaves, and then comes back via a different campaign.
Bounce
A session with only one page is called a bounce
Model
Within a fixed interval, the below metrics follows a poisson process
- the number of session or visit in a fixed interval
- the waiting time between visits