Event Explorer
The Event Explorer (sidebar Explore → Event Explorer) is where you pick apart your event data — see which event types are firing, when, how often, and by how many users. If the Dashboard tells you something happened, Event Explorer tells you exactly what.
When to use it
- Investigating a Dashboard anomaly. (“Why did sessions spike yesterday afternoon?”)
- Confirming a feature is being used. (“Is anyone clicking the new Export button?”)
- Comparing two releases. (“How did v1.3 adoption stack up against v1.2 in the first week?”)
Filters
A filter strip across the top of the page, with these controls:
- Product and Source version — limit the view to one application and (optionally) one specific release.
- Category and Event name — narrow further to a single event category or one specific event by name.
- Time range with presets and custom selection.
- Compare to — Previous period, Same period last year, or Custom.
- Group by — chart granularity. Choose Hourly for short ranges or Daily for longer ones. Hourly is automatically disabled when the time range exceeds 7 days (too many points to draw cleanly).
When you arrive at the page from a deep link with URL parameters, the filters are pre-applied. Filter changes you make on this page don’t push back into the URL though — the URL captures your landing state, not your live state. To share a precise view, use the in-page drilldown links (each populates a URL with the relevant filter set) rather than copying your browser bar mid-session.
Sections
Event summary grid
A paginated table (50 rows per page) with one row per distinct event type observed in the window. Columns:
- Checkbox — toggle whether this event type is plotted on the chart above.
- Event — the event’s identifier (typically
category / name). - Total Count — events of this type in the window.
- Daily Avg — average events per day across the window.
- Distinct Actors — distinct actors who fired this event.
- Sparkline — a tiny in-row trendline showing the event’s pattern over the window.
The grid is sortable by Event, Total Count, Daily Avg, or Distinct Actors. Up to 8 series are plotted on the chart at a time; the top 5 by event count are checked by default.
Aggregate chart
A time-series chart with one line per checked event type. The X-axis bins are determined by the Group by setting (hour or day).
Aggregate table
Below the chart, a collapsible table that breaks down counts by time bucket (one row per hour or per day, depending on group-by). Useful when you want the exact numbers behind a chart line for a specific day.
Data freshness
Like the Dashboard, Event Explorer reads aggregated data refreshed every 15 minutes. Events you fired just now won’t appear here until the next refresh. For real-time confirmation that the SDK is reaching the API, check the Invalid Events page (under Data) or Actor Identities (under Explore) — both update within seconds.
Common questions
My event isn’t showing up.
- It hasn’t aggregated yet (15-min delay). Check Invalid Events first — if rejected, you’ll see it there within seconds.
- It’s filtered out. Check the Product, Source version, Category, and time range. A common case: the SDK is sending
source_version: "1.3.0-beta"but the version filter is set to a release tag.
The grid is paginated and I want to see them all. Sort by Total Count descending and you’ll see the high-volume events first. Beyond ~50 distinct event types you have a tracking-hygiene situation worth reviewing — most healthy applications have 10-30 distinct events per product.
Can I export the table? Yes — see Data → Export in the sidebar (available on Trial, Pro, Business, Enterprise; not Starter).