11.1 Overview

Realtime Analytics allows you to monitor very recent activity occurring on the selected Website.

Navigate to:

Realtime

The system labels this area:

Realtime analytics

and describes it as:

Last 60 seconds of activity, refreshing every 5 seconds.

Realtime is useful when you want to see what is happening on a Website right now, rather than studying historical Analytics over a longer reporting period.

The Realtime screen provides:

  1. Active Users for Advanced Tracking
  2. Recent Pageviews for Lightweight Tracking
  3. A continuously updated activity chart
  4. Countries
  5. Device Types
  6. Paths/pages currently receiving activity

The screen automatically refreshes its data every 5 seconds.

11.2 Opening Realtime Analytics

To open Realtime Analytics:

  1. Sign in to AIUNIFY Analytics.
  2. Confirm the correct Website is selected.
  3. Select Realtime from the main navigation.
  4. The Realtime analytics screen opens.
  5. Analytics begins automatically loading recent Website activity.
  6. The information refreshes every 5 seconds.

You do not need to manually refresh the browser to update the Realtime report.

11.3 What “Realtime” Means in AIUNIFY Analytics

Realtime does not represent every activity event that has ever occurred on the Website.

The Realtime system specifically examines activity occurring within approximately the:

Last 60 seconds

The source calculates a point 60 seconds before the current time and retrieves Website activity occurring after that point.

Think of Realtime as a continuously moving window:

Now - 60 seconds → Now

As time moves forward, older activity moves out of that window and new activity enters it.

11.4 Realtime Automatically Refreshes

The dedicated Realtime screen updates every:

5 seconds

The application initially loads the Realtime data and then repeats that request automatically at five-second intervals.

This means the values on the screen can:

  1. Increase
  2. Decrease
  3. Change countries
  4. Change devices
  5. Change paths

without you manually reloading the page.

That is expected behavior.

11.5 Why Realtime Numbers Can Decrease

Because Realtime only represents approximately the last 60 seconds, a visitor or Pageview can disappear from the Realtime total after enough time passes.

For example:

8:00:00 PM

Visitor generates activity.

That visitor may appear in Realtime.

Once their qualifying activity is older than approximately 60 seconds, they may no longer be included unless additional activity updates their status.

Therefore:

Realtime totals are temporary live indicators—not cumulative Website totals.

For longer-term totals, use:

  1. Dashboard
  2. Pageviews
  3. Visitors
  4. Goals
  5. Other historical Analytics reports

11.6 Realtime Changes According to Tracking Type

Realtime behaves differently depending on whether the selected Website uses:

  1. Advanced Tracking
  2. Lightweight Tracking

The same Realtime interface is used, but the primary number represents a different measurement.

Advanced Tracking

The primary value is labeled:

Active users

Lightweight Tracking

The primary value is labeled:

Recent pageviews

This distinction is important when interpreting the number.

11.7 Advanced Tracking — Active Users

When the Website uses Advanced Tracking, the primary Realtime number represents:

Active users

AIUNIFY Analytics identifies Visitors whose recorded activity has been updated within the last 60 seconds.

Conceptually:

Advanced Realtime = recently active Visitor records

For example, if the screen displays:

12 Active users

this represents Visitors considered active within the Realtime window.

11.8 Active Users Are Not Pageviews

For an Advanced Tracking Website, do not interpret:

10 Active users

as:

10 Pageviews

One active Visitor may generate several Website Pageviews.

For example:

Visitor A

may open:

  1. Home
  2. Pricing
  3. Contact

during the same Realtime period.

That could result in:

1 Active User

but:

3 Pageviews

The Realtime chart separately displays Pageview activity over the 60-second period.

11.9 Lightweight Tracking — Recent Pageviews

When the Website uses Lightweight Tracking, AIUNIFY Analytics does not have the same persistent Advanced Visitor model.

The primary Realtime number is therefore labeled:

Recent pageviews

rather than Active Users.

The Lightweight Realtime processor counts qualifying Lightweight events occurring during the previous 60 seconds.

Therefore:

Lightweight Realtime = recent Website activity/Pageview events

rather than persistent active Visitor identities.

11.10 Why Advanced and Lightweight Realtime Differ

The difference follows directly from the Tracking Types explained in Chapter 3.

Advanced Tracking

Can maintain persistent Visitor associations.

Therefore, Analytics can provide:

Active users

Lightweight Tracking

Does not maintain the same persistent Visitor identity.

Therefore, Realtime focuses on:

Recent pageviews

This means two Websites receiving similar traffic may display different types of Realtime totals depending on their Tracking Type.

11.11 The Realtime Activity Chart

Next to the primary Realtime total is an automatically updating chart.

The chart displays:

Pageviews

over approximately the previous 60 seconds.

The system prepares approximately one position for each second of the Realtime period.

The underlying data is organized conceptually as:

-59 seconds → -58 seconds → -57 seconds → … → now


This lets you visually identify bursts of Website activity.

11.12 Understanding the Realtime Chart

A higher bar indicates more recorded Pageview activity at that point within the Realtime window.

For example:

Low activity ▂ ▂ ▁ ▂
Traffic spike ▂ ▅ █ ▆ ▃
Low activity ▁ ▂ ▁

The chart continually changes as:

  1. New Pageviews occur
  2. Older Pageviews leave the 60-second window
  3. Visitors move through the Website

The chart is especially helpful when testing or monitoring a short-lived traffic event.

11.13 Countries

Below the primary Realtime section is:

Countries

This shows the countries associated with activity occurring within the Realtime window.

For an Advanced Tracking Website, the system groups recently active Visitors by their recorded Country.

For Lightweight Tracking, it groups recent Lightweight events by Country.

11.14 Using Realtime Countries

Countries can help answer questions such as:

  1. Where are people currently accessing the Website from?
  2. Is a regional campaign generating immediate traffic?
  3. Did an international campaign begin producing visits?
  4. Are visitors currently arriving from the intended market?

For example, during a U.S.-focused campaign, you might watch whether the Realtime Countries section begins showing activity from the United States.

11.15 Device Types

Realtime also contains:

Device Types

This section groups recent Website activity according to the detected device category.

The system calculates this separately for the two Tracking Types:

Advanced Tracking

Recently active Visitors are grouped by Device Type.

Lightweight Tracking

Recent Website events are grouped by Device Type.

11.16 Why Realtime Device Data Is Useful

Realtime Device Types can help when:

  1. Launching a Mobile campaign
  2. Testing responsive Website design
  3. Monitoring traffic from social-media advertising
  4. Checking whether a Desktop-oriented campaign is reaching the intended audience
  5. Investigating unusual Website activity

For example:

Mobile traffic suddenly increases

immediately after launching a social-media campaign.

That information can help you determine where to focus Website testing and conversion review.

11.17 Paths

The third Realtime summary section displays Website:

Paths

The system groups recent activity according to the Website path being accessed.

Examples of paths include:

/

/pricing

/contact

/products

/checkout

This helps show which Website pages are receiving activity during the current Realtime period.

11.18 Paths with Advanced Tracking

For Advanced Tracking, Realtime determines Paths from the latest qualifying Visitor-associated Session activity.

The source groups recent activity by:

Session Event Path

for Visitors active within the last 60 seconds.

This helps you understand which Website locations recently active Visitors are accessing.

11.19 Paths with Lightweight Tracking

For Lightweight Tracking, Analytics groups qualifying recent events directly by:

Path

and counts the number of Pageviews associated with each one.

This provides a live picture of which Website pages are receiving recent activity without creating a persistent Visitor relationship.

11.20 Example — Monitoring a Landing Page Launch

Suppose you launch:

example.com/summer-offer

You can use Realtime to watch the immediate response.

Step 1

Open:

Realtime

Step 2

Launch or publish the campaign.

Step 3

Watch:

Active Users

or

Recent Pageviews

depending on Tracking Type.

Step 4

Review:

Paths

Look for:

/summer-offer

Step 5

Review:

Countries

to determine where activity is coming from.

Step 6

Review:

Device Types

to see which devices are generating activity.

This provides rapid confirmation that people are reaching the intended campaign page.

11.21 Realtime as a Tracking Verification Tool

Realtime is one of the most useful areas for verifying a new Analytics installation.

After installing the Tracking Code:

  1. Open Realtime in AIUNIFY Analytics.
  2. Open the tracked Website in another tab or browser.
  3. Navigate to one or more Website pages.
  4. Watch the Realtime screen.
  5. Look for activity within the next refresh cycles.

Because the screen refreshes every 5 seconds and analyzes approximately the previous 60 seconds, it can provide rapid feedback about whether Website activity is reaching Analytics.

11.22 Recommended Tracking Test

After installing a Website:

On the Website

  1. Open the Home page.
  2. Navigate to another page.
  3. Open a third page.

In AIUNIFY Analytics

Watch:

  1. Realtime total
  2. Activity chart
  3. Paths
  4. Country
  5. Device Type

If the expected activity appears, the Tracking Code is successfully communicating supported activity to Analytics.

You can then confirm the recorded events in:

Pageviews

11.23 Realtime and Pageviews Work Together

Use Realtime and Pageviews for different purposes.

Realtime

Answers:

What is happening right now?

Pageviews

Answers:

What Website events were recorded?

A useful verification flow is:

Generate Website Activity

→ Watch Realtime

→ Open Pageviews

→ Confirm Recorded Events

11.24 Realtime and Dashboard Work Together

The Dashboard is designed for broader historical analysis.

Realtime is designed for immediate activity.

Use:

Realtime

for:

  1. Live traffic
  2. Immediate campaign response
  3. Testing
  4. Tracking verification
  5. Current Website activity

Use:

Dashboard

for:

  1. Trends
  2. Historical Pageviews
  3. Visitors
  4. Sessions
  5. Traffic Sources
  6. Geographic distribution
  7. Devices
  8. Goals
  9. Campaign analysis

Realtime should therefore supplement the Dashboard rather than replace it.

11.25 Realtime Quick Indicator on the Dashboard

AIUNIFY Analytics also provides a smaller Realtime indicator directly on the Dashboard.

The Dashboard displays a live status link that can show:

Advanced Tracking

%s online visitors

Lightweight Tracking

%s recent pageviews

Selecting this indicator opens the full:

Realtime Analytics

screen.

11.26 Dashboard Realtime Refresh Frequency

The small Dashboard Realtime indicator refreshes every:

10 seconds

rather than every 5 seconds.

Therefore:

Dashboard Realtime Indicator → updates approximately every 10 seconds

while:

Full Realtime Analytics Screen → updates approximately every 5 seconds

This difference is expected.

11.27 Dashboard Realtime Indicator — Advanced Tracking

For an Advanced Tracking Website, the Dashboard indicator displays:

Online Visitors

The count is based on Visitor records active within approximately the previous 60 seconds.

Click the indicator when you want to move from the summary number to the full live breakdown.

11.28 Dashboard Realtime Indicator — Lightweight Tracking

For a Lightweight Website, the Dashboard indicator displays:

Recent Pageviews

The corresponding Realtime quick calculation counts Lightweight events occurring within approximately the previous 60 seconds.

Again, this reflects the difference between persistent Visitor tracking and Lightweight event tracking.

11.29 Realtime Does Not Use the Normal Date Range

Unlike historical reports such as Dashboard or Pageviews, the dedicated Realtime screen is specifically designed around the current moment.

Its request uses:

Start Date: now

End Date: now

and the Analytics processor converts that into approximately the previous one-minute period.

Therefore, you do not use:

  1. Last 30 Days
  2. This Month
  3. Last Year
  4. Custom historical ranges

to operate the dedicated Realtime screen.

Use historical Analytics reports for those periods.

11.30 Realtime Is a Moving Window, Not a Stored Report

Because the display continually recalculates the previous 60 seconds, Realtime should not be treated as a permanent reporting record.

If you need to review what occurred earlier:

Realtime → Pageviews → Dashboard

The recorded Analytics data can then be analyzed through the appropriate historical reports.

11.31 Example — Live Advertising Campaign

Suppose you activate a paid advertising campaign.

Open Realtime before the campaign begins.

Then watch:

Primary Total

Does activity begin increasing?

Paths

Are visitors reaching the intended landing page?

Countries

Are visitors coming from the expected markets?

Device Types

Are visitors using the devices you expected?

Activity Chart

Is Website activity increasing after the campaign begins?

After the launch period, move to the Dashboard and Goals to evaluate actual performance and conversions.

11.32 Example — Email Campaign

Suppose you send a large email campaign containing a link to:

example.com/special-offer

After sending the campaign:

  1. Open Realtime.
  2. Watch the Pageview activity chart.
  3. Review Paths.
  4. Look for /special-offer.
  5. Review Countries.
  6. Review Device Types.

Then move to:

Dashboard → UTMs → Goals

for deeper analysis after enough data accumulates.

11.33 Example — Website Launch

Realtime is especially useful immediately after launching a new Website.

Use this workflow:

Launch Website

→ Visit Website yourself

→ Verify Realtime

→ Share Website

→ Watch initial visitors

→ Confirm Pages/Paths

→ Review Pageviews later

This gives you immediate confirmation that AIUNIFY Analytics is receiving traffic.

11.34 Example — Testing a Specific Page

Suppose you want to verify tracking on:

/pricing

  1. Open Realtime.
  2. Open /pricing in another browser window.
  3. Navigate or refresh as appropriate for your test.
  4. Watch Paths.
  5. Confirm /pricing appears in recent activity.
  6. Open Pageviews afterward for the recorded event.

This can help identify whether the Tracking Code is present across all intended Website pages.

11.35 Example — Mobile Website Testing

To verify Mobile traffic:

  1. Open Realtime on your Analytics account.
  2. Open the tracked Website from a Mobile device.
  3. Navigate through several pages.
  4. Watch Device Types.
  5. Confirm Mobile activity appears.
  6. Review Paths.
  7. Confirm the expected pages appear.

This provides a simple operational test of Website tracking across devices.

11.36 What If Realtime Shows Zero?

A Realtime value of:

0

does not automatically indicate a problem.

It may simply mean that no qualifying activity occurred during the previous 60 seconds.

Remember:

Realtime is not today's total.

It only represents the immediate Realtime window.

To determine whether historical activity exists, check:

Pageviews

or:

Dashboard

11.37 Troubleshooting — Realtime Remains at Zero During Testing

If you are actively visiting the Website but Realtime remains empty, check the following.

1. Correct Website Selected

Confirm that the Website Selector matches the Website you are testing.

2. Tracking Enabled

Open:

Websites → Edit

and confirm:

Tracking

is enabled.

3. Tracking Code Installed

Confirm the correct Tracking Code exists on the live Website.

4. Correct Website Address

Make sure the Analytics Website configuration matches the domain, subdomain, or Website path you are testing.

5. Published Website

Make sure the Tracking Code is present on the live Website and not only in an unpublished development version.

6. Browser Conditions

Tracking blockers, browser privacy features, disabled JavaScript, or opt-out behavior may prevent activity from being collected.

11.38 Troubleshooting — Pageviews Work but Realtime Looks Different

Do not expect Pageviews and Realtime to always display identical numbers.

Pageviews can represent historical activity for a selected period.

Realtime represents only activity within approximately the last 60 seconds.

For example:

Pageviews Today: 1,500

does not mean:

Realtime: 1,500

Realtime may currently show:

3 Active Users

because only three Visitors have qualifying activity within the immediate Realtime window.

11.39 Troubleshooting — Advanced Realtime Seems Lower Than Pageviews

This can be completely normal.

Advanced Realtime's primary total represents:

Active Users

while the chart represents:

Pageview activity

One Visitor may generate multiple Pageviews.

Therefore:

5 Active Users

could potentially produce:

15 recent Pageviews

The values are measuring different things.

11.40 Troubleshooting — Lightweight Realtime Has No Active Users

This is expected.

The Lightweight Realtime interface labels its main total:

Recent Pageviews

not:

Active Users

because Lightweight Tracking does not maintain the same persistent Visitor relationship used by Advanced Tracking.

If you need persistent Visitor histories, the Website must have been created with Advanced Tracking.

11.41 Realtime and Filters

The dedicated Realtime screen itself does not expose the same historical Filter panel used on Dashboard and Pageviews.

Its purpose is to show a current Website snapshot based on approximately the previous 60 seconds.

Use the full historical Analytics filtering system when you need to perform detailed segmentation such as:

  1. Country = US
  2. Device = Mobile
  3. UTM Campaign = Campaign A
  4. Path contains /products

Realtime gives you immediate visibility; historical reports provide deeper segmentation.

11.42 Realtime and Date Ranges

Similarly, you do not select:

Today

Last 30 Days

This Month

or:

All Time

from the dedicated Realtime screen.

The Realtime processor explicitly works from the current moment backward approximately one minute.

To analyze longer periods, use the Dashboard or relevant Analytics module.

11.43 Realtime Data for Advanced Tracking

For Advanced Tracking, the system's Realtime calculation uses recently active Visitor records for:

  1. Active Users
  2. Countries
  3. Device Types

and Session Events for the Website's recent Pageview chart and Path information.

This allows Realtime to combine:

Who is active

with:

What Website activity is occurring

11.44 Realtime Data for Lightweight Tracking

For Lightweight Tracking, Realtime uses the recent Lightweight event records to calculate:

  1. Recent Pageviews
  2. Countries
  3. Device Types
  4. Paths
  5. Pageview chart activity

This provides live Website traffic visibility without building the same Visitor profile used by Advanced Tracking.

11.45 Recommended Daily Realtime Workflow

For normal Website monitoring:

  1. Confirm the correct Website.
  2. Open Realtime.
  3. Review the primary count.
  4. Review the activity chart.
  5. Review Countries.
  6. Review Device Types.
  7. Review Paths.
  8. Investigate unexpected traffic using Pageviews.
  9. Use Dashboard for broader analysis.

Realtime can therefore act as your first look at current Website activity.

11.46 Recommended Campaign Launch Workflow

For campaign monitoring:

  1. Open Realtime before launch.
  2. Note the existing activity level.
  3. Launch the campaign.
  4. Watch the primary total.
  5. Watch the Pageviews chart.
  6. Confirm the intended landing-page Path.
  7. Review Countries.
  8. Review Device Types.
  9. After sufficient activity accumulates, open Pageviews.
  10. Review Dashboard, UTMs, Goals, and Conversions.

This creates the workflow:

Launch → Monitor → Verify → Analyze → Optimize

11.47 Recommended Tracking Verification Workflow

For a newly connected Website:

Step 1

Open Realtime.

Step 2

Visit the tracked Website.

Step 3

Navigate through several pages.

Step 4

Watch for activity.

Step 5

Confirm the appropriate Paths appear.

Step 6

Confirm Device and Country information where available.

Step 7

Open Pageviews.

Step 8

Confirm the events were recorded.

If both Realtime and Pageviews display the expected activity, basic Website tracking is operating.

11.48 Realtime Checklist

When using Realtime Analytics, confirm:

  1. Correct Website selected
  2. Tracking is enabled
  3. Tracking Code is installed
  4. Tracking Type understood
  5. Advanced Website interpreted as Active Users
  6. Lightweight Website interpreted as Recent Pageviews
  7. Activity chart reviewed
  8. Countries reviewed
  9. Device Types reviewed
  10. Paths reviewed
  11. Five-second automatic refresh understood
  12. Sixty-second activity window understood
  13. Historical reports used when longer-term analysis is required

11.49 What You Should Know Before Moving On

You should now understand that Realtime Analytics is AIUNIFY Analytics' immediate Website-monitoring view.

The full Realtime screen continuously evaluates approximately the last 60 seconds of Website activity and refreshes approximately every 5 seconds.

For an Advanced Tracking Website, the primary Realtime metric is Active Users, based on recently active Visitor records. For a Lightweight Tracking Website, the primary metric is Recent Pageviews, based on recent Lightweight events.

Both modes provide current breakdowns for:

Countries → Device Types → Paths

alongside a live Pageview activity chart.

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