Analytics events reference

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Analytics events reference

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Behavioral analytics logs events using the Elastic Common Schema, including a custom field set for analytics events. Refer to examples of the full data objects that are logged.

Fields overview

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Common event fields

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@timestamp
Timestamp of the event.
event.action
The type of event. Possible values are search, search_click, and pageview.
event.source
The source of the event. Possible values are client and server.
session.id
A unique identifier for the session.
user.id
A unique identifier for the user.
_id
The document ID.
_index
The index name.
_score
The score of the document.

Search event fields

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search.filters
The filters applied to the search query.
search.query
The search query.
search.results.items.document.id
The ID of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.document.index
The index of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.domain
The URL domain of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.original
The original URL of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.path
The URL path of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.scheme
The URL scheme of the page in the search results.
search.results.total_results
The total number of results returned by the search query.
search.search_application
The search application used to perform the search query.
search.sort.name
The name of the sort applied to the search query.

Search click event fields

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document.id
The ID of the document that was clicked.
document.index
The index containing the document that was clicked.
page.url.domain
The URL domain of the page that was clicked.
page.url.original
The original URL of the page that was clicked.
page.url.path
The URL path of the page that was clicked.
page.url.scheme
The URL scheme of the page that was clicked.
search.filters
The filters applied to the search query.
search.query
The search query.
search.results.items.document.id
The ID of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.document.index
The index of the document in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.domain
The URL domain of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.original
The original URL of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.path
The URL path of the page in the search results.
search.results.items.page.url.scheme
The URL scheme of the page in the search results.
search.results.total_results
The total number of results returned by the search query.
search.search_application
The search application used to perform the search query.
search.sort.name
The name of the sort applied to the search query.
session.location.country_iso_code
The ISO code of the country where the search click occurred.
session.location.country_name
The name of the country where the search click occurred.

Pageview event fields

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document.id
The ID of the document that was viewed.
document.index
The index containing the document that was viewed.
page.referrer.domain
The URL domain of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.original
The original URL of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.path
The path of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.referrer.scheme
The URL scheme of the page that referred to the viewed page.
page.title
The title of the viewed page.
page.url.domain
The URL domain of the viewed page.
page.url.original
The original URL of the viewed page.
page.url.path
The URL path of the viewed page.
page.url.scheme
The URL scheme of the viewed page.
session.location.country_iso_code
The ISO code of the country where the pageview occurred.
session.location.country_name
The name of the country where the pageview occurred.

Examples

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Expand to see a full example of a search event data object:
{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:52:29.003Z"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "search"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "search.filters": [
    {
      "color": [
        "silver"
      ],
      "brand": [
        "Robel, Klocko and Ziemann",
        "McClure, Marks and Mertz"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "search.query": [
    "transformation"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.id": [
    "045a164b-229e-40b5-ba66-b2ebabd2a251"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.domain": [
    "fancy-overcoat.org"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.original": [
    "http://fancy-overcoat.org/happy/pancakes/deals"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.path": [
    "/happy/pancakes/deals"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "search.results.total_results": [
    67
  ],
  "search.search_application": [
    "search-ui"
  ],
  "search.sort.name": [
    "relevance"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "2bc31b08-d443-4b7a-81ea-65edf3dd82e7"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "42704a4b-692b-4654-bb67-a65eb0c72f15"
  ],
  "_id": "y3IBBogBWHKTU-4a543S",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}
Expand to see a full example of a search_click event data object:
{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:22:23.468Z"
  ],
  "document.id": [
    "38cca784-109a-4ea0-a4e8-60c3be667ffd"
  ],
  "document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "search_click"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "page.url.domain": [
    "unfurnished-appartments"
  ],
  "page.url.original": [
    "https://unfurnished-appartments/new/europe"
  ],
  "page.url.path": [
    "/new/europe"
  ],
  "page.url.scheme": [
    "https"
  ],
  "search.filters": [
    {
      "brand": [
        "McClure, Marks and Mertz",
        "Ondricka - Rath"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "search.query": [
    "ferryboat"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.id": [
    "0c76967b-4915-446e-9b2c-b1bfb9e39e1e"
  ],
  "search.results.items.document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.domain": [
    "dependent-lecture.info"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.original": [
    "http://dependent-lecture.info/documents/additional/latest"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.path": [
    "/documents/additional/latest"
  ],
  "search.results.items.page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "search.results.total_results": [
    54
  ],
  "search.search_application": [
    "search-ui"
  ],
  "search.sort.name": [
    "relevance"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "9411fb93-8707-49a4-baab-cec4d6aef753"
  ],
  "session.location.country_iso_code": [
    "GP"
  ],
  "session.location.country_name": [
    "Guadeloupe"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "911d0c19-e713-4413-8f4c-c6c612bc37c4"
  ],
  "_id": "m8cBBogBG4-Ak0Iy7LME",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}
Expand to see a full example of a pageview event data object:
{
  "@timestamp": [
    "2023-05-16T12:52:51.309Z"
  ],
  "document.id": [
    "c98ppfc8-3a04-4a20-888a-f87292b31181"
  ],
  "document.index": [
    "products"
  ],
  "event.action": [
    "page_view"
  ],
  "event.source": [
    "client"
  ],
  "page.referrer.domain": [
    "happy-pancakes.name"
  ],
  "page.referrer.original": [
    "https://happy-pancakes.name/magnam"
  ],
  "page.referrer.path": [
    "/magnam"
  ],
  "page.referrer.scheme": [
    "https"
  ],
  "page.title": [
    "Super fast delivery"
  ],
  "page.url.domain": [
    "happy-staircase.net"
  ],
  "page.url.original": [
    "http://happy-staircase.net/quam"
  ],
  "page.url.path": [
    "/quam"
  ],
  "page.url.scheme": [
    "http"
  ],
  "session.id": [
    "2bc31b08-d443-4b7a-81ea-65edf3dd82e7"
  ],
  "session.location.country_iso_code": [
    "SN"
  ],
  "session.location.country_name": [
    "Senegal"
  ],
  "user.id": [
    "42704a4b-692b-4654-bb67-a65eb0c72f15"
  ],
  "_id": "zHIBBogBWHKTU-4a543S",
  "_index": ".ds-behavioral_analytics-events-website-2023.05.10-000001",
  "_score": null
}