# Analytics dashboard overview

> The main site dashboard explained: headline metrics like visitors and bounce rate, the main chart, comparisons, filters and breakdown panels by source and page.

## Toolbar

- **Date range** with presets (each with a [keyboard shortcut](/docs/dashboard/keyboard-shortcuts)
  where shown) and a custom range. See [Date ranges](/docs/dashboard/date-ranges).
- **Compare** with the previous period, or the same period last year.
  Custom comparison ranges are available through the API
  (`compare=custom` with `compare_from` and `compare_to`).
- **Segment** picker and the **filter builder** (see
  [Filters and segments](/docs/dashboard/filters-and-segments)).
- **Show imported data**, when the site has [imports](/docs/reports/imports).
  It adds imported history for dates before your first tracked event and
  is not applied while filters or a segment are active.
- **JSON**: the same view from the API.

## Headline metrics

Visitors, Visits, Pageviews, Views per visit, Bounce rate, Visit duration,
plus Revenue (when the site has revenue). Each card shows the value and the
change against the comparison period, with the previous value underneath.

Click a card to plot it on the main chart. Every metric is defined in
[Metrics & definitions](/docs/metrics).

A **Live** pill shows the current visitor count and links to
[Live](/docs/dashboard/live).

## Main chart

- **Interval:** hour, day, week or month. The API also accepts minute
  (today only), quarter, year and auto.
- The comparison period is drawn as a dashed series.
- The current, incomplete period is drawn dotted.
- [Notes](/docs/dashboard/notes) in the range are listed under the chart.

## Panels

| Panel | Tabs |
|---|---|
| Sources | Channels · Referrers · URLs |
| Pages | Top · Entry · Exit · Hostnames |
| Locations | Countries · Languages |
| Technology | Devices · Browsers · OS · Screens · Interaction |
| Campaigns | Campaign · Source · Medium · Content · Term |
| Conversions | Goals · Events |

In every panel you can:

- **click a row** to filter the whole dashboard by it,
- open **View all** for the full [drill-down table](/docs/dashboard/drill-down).

More dimensions (for example `ref`, browser and OS versions) are available
in the drill-down table and through the `breakdown` API operation.

Location is country only. Regions and cities aren't collected.