Cumulative Trend

The Cumulative Trend graph shows the accumulated quantities for the day, plotted at five minute intervals, since midnight. The name of the quantity is displayed in the top left corner.

Move the cursor along the time axis to show the exact cumulative value and time of that value.

The cumulative trend graph with a specific time and value.

Table 1 lists the metrics you can view using the Cumulative Trend module. Unless indicated, metrics are updated within five minutes of the event occurring.

Table 1. Metrics available to the Cumulative Trend module
Buying Sessions*	The number of sessions in which one or more product has been bought.
Directly Load Sessions	The number of sessions that cannot be attributed to a search engine, a referral site, or a Marketing Management Center (MMC) link.
Element Views	The total number of elements viewed. An element is an intra-page item that is being tracked (e.g., AJAX based pop-ups, portal views, or video player features usage).
Event Points	The total number of event points.
Events Completed	The total number of conversion events (as defined by the conversion event tag) completed.
Events Initiated	The total number of conversion events (as defined by the conversion event tag) initiated.
Items Ordered	The total number of items ordered.
MMC Sessions	The number of sessions initiated by clicking on an MMC link.
Natural Search Sessions	The number of sessions that began with a visitor arriving at your site from a search engine.
New Sessions	The number of sessions initiated by visitors who have not visited your site before (or who have visited the site but deleted the Digital Analytics cookie).
On-Site Searches	The number of on-site searches made.
One Page Sessions	The number of sessions that consisted of a single page.
Orders	The total number of orders
Page Views	The number of pages viewed.
Product Views	The number of products viewed
Referral Sessions	The number of sessions that began with a visitor arriving at your site from a referral site other than a search engine or by clicking on link that was not an MMC link.
Repeat Sessions	The number of sessions initiated by visitors who have made a previous visit to your site (and retained the Digital Analytics cookie).
Sales	The total value of sales.
Sessions	The total number of sessions.

* This metric is updated every five minutes with completed session data.