This section will look at how you can refine the information that is displayed on your Dashboard, under Real-Time as well as under Historical. This section will show you how to change the time period of the information displayed, specify and group stations and filter by Dayparts.


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Time Periods

At the top of your screen, you have the ability to specify the time period you want to apply to the stats across your Dashboard, Real-Time and Historical. Clicking on the down arrow next to the date range that appears by default will provide a range of predefined time periods.


Today

From midnight to present based on UTC timezone.


Yesterday

From midnight of the previous day to midnight of the current day based on UTC timezone.


Last 7 Days

From seven days ago up to the last complete hour (for example at 16:55 the last complete hour would be 16:00) based on UTC timezone.


Last 30 Days

From 30 days ago up to the last complete day (for example at 16:55 on 18 February the last complete day would be 00:00 of 18 February) based on UTC timezone.


This Month

From the start of the month up to the last complete day (for example at 16:55 on 18 February the last complete day would be 00:00 on 18 February) based on UTC timezone.


Last Month

From the start of the month up to the last complete day (for example at 16:55 on 18 February the last complete day would be 00:00 on 18 February) based on UTC timezone.


Last Year

From midnight on the first day of the first month of last year to midnight on the first day of the first month last based on UTC timezone.


Custom Range

Following the above principles, the date range will be based on the custom dates you select from midnight to midnight (where the end date is a completed day). Once Custom Range is selected, click 'Apply'.


Managing Stations

Selecting stations

By default, the analytical data displayed will be for all stations assigned to your profile. To limit the information to the specific station(s) you are interested in, click on 'All stations' and select the stations. 



Once stations have been specified they will be visible from your Dashboard and the data will be limited to only these stations. 



Grouping stations

You can also group stations together to see the aggregate stats for the group. Use cases include:

  • Group stations together based on geographical locations - for example, all London stations vs all Manchester stations
  • Group stations together based on genre - for example, pop stations vs rock stations
  • Group stations together based on monetisation - for example, all monetised stations vs non-monetised stations

 

Once a group of stations has been created, you can change the stations in the group by selecting 'Manage Groups' and selecting or deselecting your stations. 

Once you've made the changes, click 'Update Group'. If you no longer need a specific group, you can simply delete the grouping here. 



Groups are limited to your own account: applying a group to your account will not apply to other users' accounts. Deleting a group does not delete the stations or associated data.


Dayparts

If you have created Dayparts for your Analytics account you can use these to filter the analytical data to only show sessions from the daypart periods specified.


For more information on how to set up Dayparts, read our helpful how-to article


Assuming you have created Dayparts for your account, the option to select them will become available between the date picker and station selector at the top of your screen. Select the down arrow to see the Dayparts you have created or select 'No daypart' to see stats for the entire day. 



Once you have selected your Daypart you will see the graphs and associated information will update to include only information related to the specified Daypart and time period. 


To remove Daypart filtering from your report, simply click on the dropdown next to Dayparts and select 'No daypart'. 


The hours of the day specified in Dayparts is based on the timezone selected under your Profile Settings. However, the system runs on UTC timezone and as such the time period displayed on graph axis will be in UTC. For example, stats for Dayparts between the hours of 6 am UTC +2 and 9 am UTC +2 will display in the graph on the Dashboard as 4 am UTC to 7 am UTC. Hovering over the graph will display the time in your timezone.



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