This guide covers the key metrics you can access on the GA4 dashboard. Use the dashboard to monitor the performance of key metrics for pages on vic.gov.au.
On this page:
Accessing the dashboard
Our dashboard is public and can be accessed without an account or permissions.
If you’ve been emailed a report and cannot view it, reach out to the Analytics team (analytics.team@dpc.vic.gov.au) or your team members to be granted access.
Find a list of all available Google Analytics dashboards.
Dashboard elements
Once you click the dashboard link, you should see the below page:
This dashboard has the following elements.
Pages
The dashboard has 9 different pages, which can be found in the left-hand column. Click on the arrow at the bottom to expand this section to see the page names, or to collapse this section and see page numbers instead.
Date range
Click on the date picker to choose a specific set of dates, or select from preset options such as the last 14 days, last month, last quarter, or last year.
Changing the date range is temporary and can be updated at any time.
Filters
Filters refine or reduce the data that is displayed, so you can view only the data that is relevant to you. Clicking on a filter will reveal a drop-down list with options to select or deselect.
For example: On the “Overview” page, there are 4 filters that can be used:
Site section: Filter to a specific site section of vic.gov.au.
Page title: Filter by the title of a page, which matches what shows in Google Search.
Department/entity: Filter by the department or entity that owns the content.
Content type: Filter by the type of content, for example: landing page, publication or grant.
In this example, choosing “grants” in the site section filter options will limit the data displayed to only content tagged to that specific site section.
You can select more than one option, or choose to select all and then exclude just a few options.
Once you’ve finished with a specific filter, click on the – sign next to the filter name to reset it. You can also click the Reset button in the top-right corner of the dashboard to reset all data to the default options again.
Sharing options
Invite people
This option will let you share the dashboard with others by sending them an email with the link to it.
You can choose the type of access they need as well: either Viewer or Editor.
Schedule email delivery
You can use this option to email yourself and/or others a regular report of the data. You can customise the pages to be included, the date and time and how frequently it gets sent.
Get report link
This option will give you a link to the dashboard that you can copy and paste to share with others.
Download report
This option allows you to download the report as a PDF file.
You can choose to download all pages or customise your page selection. If sensitive information is included in the report, you can choose the option to make the file password protected.
Questions
If you have any questions about the dashboard, please email the Analytics Team on analytics.team@dpc.vic.gov.au.
Related guides
You can also read our guides that go into more detail on each specific dashboard page: