Last updated: March 14, 2026
Analyze Page Views
The Page Views built-in view filters the event stream to browser.page_view events only. Use it to understand how users navigate your website — which pages are visited most, how often users arrive via a full page load versus a single-page transition, and where in a session a navigation occurred.
Every page view event carries one of two Types:
| Type | What it means |
|---|---|
| Page Load | A full browser reload. The entire page is fetched, the DOM is constructed, and navigation timing data is recorded. |
| Page Transition | A client-side navigation within a single-page application (SPA). The framework swaps content without a full reload, so no new navigation timing event is generated. |
Modern web apps are Single Page Applications (SPAs): the app loads once, and subsequent navigation produces Page Transition events. A Page Load event appears when a user first opens the app, or when they hard-refresh the page. In the session timeline, Page Loads are displayed as a full circle and Page Transitions as a line.
Use the Event Table
The Page Views table shows:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Time | When the navigation occurred |
| Type | Page Load or Page Transition |
| Website | Which instrumented site |
| URL path | The path the user landed on (e.g. /cart, /product/2ZYFJ3GM2N) |
To focus on a single path, add a filter on url.path. The chart updates immediately to show traffic for that path only, and the table shows the individual load and transition events.
Use the Event Sidebar
Page load events are closely related to web vital scores. When you open a Page Load event's Event Sidebar, you can see all events from the same timestamp cluster — including the browser.navigation_timing event that captures DOM construction time, and any browser.web_vital events (LCP, CLS) that were recorded as the page painted.
Click View full session in the Event Sidebar to open the session replay in the Websites section. This lets you see the full navigation sequence — all tabs, all pages, and all HTTP requests — that surrounded the page view you were investigating.