18.1 Overview

Session Replays allow you to visually review recorded Website Sessions so you can better understand how individual visitors interacted with the Website.

Where Heatmaps combine behavior from many visitors, Session Replays focus on one recorded Session at a time.

AIUNIFY Analytics describes Session Recording as providing a visual representation of what a visitor did on the Website, including the broader page journey and supported mouse activity.

The basic Replay workflow is:

Advanced Tracking → Enable Session Replays → Visitor Session Recorded → Open Replays → Select Session → Watch Replay → Review Page Journey → Investigate Behavior

18.2 Session Replays Require Advanced Tracking

Session Replays are available only for Websites using:

Advanced Tracking

The Replays controller redirects Lightweight Tracking Websites away from the Replays area.

Therefore:

Advanced Tracking

Can support:

  1. Visitors
  2. Sessions
  3. Visitor Events
  4. Session Replays
  5. Heatmaps

Lightweight Tracking

Does not provide persistent Session Replay functionality.

18.3 Replay Availability

Replays also depend on:

  1. Session Replay functionality being enabled for AIUNIFY Analytics
  2. Session Replays being enabled for the Website
  3. Available Replay usage under the account
  4. The Website continuing to remain within its Replay collection limit

The Tracking Code only enables Replay collection when those applicable conditions are satisfied.

Availability: Session Replays require Advanced Tracking and may depend on the features and usage limits enabled for your AIUNIFY Analytics account.

18.4 Enabling Session Replays

Navigate to:

Websites → Edit website

Locate:

Session replays

Enable this option when you want supported Website Sessions to be recorded for visual playback.

As covered in Chapter 7, Session Replays are an Advanced Tracking Website setting.

18.5 Replay Collection and Account Limits

AIUNIFY Analytics checks the Website's Replay usage before enabling additional Replay recording.

When the account's monthly Replay limit is reached, new Replay collection can be prevented until the applicable allowance becomes available again.

This means an absence of new Replays does not always indicate a Tracking Code problem.

Account usage should also be considered.

18.6 Opening Replays

To access Session Replays:

  1. Sign in to AIUNIFY Analytics.
  2. Select the appropriate Advanced Tracking Website.
  3. Click Replays from the sidebar.
  4. The Replays screen opens.
  5. Select the desired Date Range.
  6. Review the Replay metrics.
  7. Locate a Session.
  8. Click its Play icon or select View.

18.7 The Replays Screen

At the top of the Replays area are three summary metrics:

  1. Replays
  2. Avg. events per replay
  3. Avg. duration per replay


Below those metrics is the individual Replay list.

18.8 Replays

The first summary card shows the number of Replay Sessions represented by the current reporting conditions.

AIUNIFY Analytics counts distinct recorded Session IDs for the selected Website, Date Range, and applicable Visitor Filters.

For example:

Replays: 125

means 125 recorded Sessions match the current Replay reporting conditions.

18.9 Avg. Events per Replay

The second metric is:

Avg. events per replay

This represents the average number of recorded Replay events associated with the matching Replay Sessions.

A Replay with more recorded events generally contains more captured browser/session activity than one containing very few events.

However:

More Events ≠ Better Session

The metric describes recording activity, not business quality or conversion success.

18.10 Avg. Duration per Replay

The third metric is:

Avg. duration per replay

AIUNIFY Analytics calculates Replay duration from the recording's starting and ending timestamps and displays the average in time format.

This helps provide a general sense of how long the represented Replay Sessions lasted.

18.11 Date Range

The Replays screen contains the standard Analytics Date Range selector.

Available presets include:

  1. Today
  2. Yesterday
  3. This Week
  4. Last 30 Days
  5. This Month
  6. Last Month
  7. This Year
  8. Last Year
  9. All Time
  10. Custom Date Range


The earliest selectable date is based on the Website's available history.

18.12 Why Replay Date Ranges Matter

Use a narrower Date Range when reviewing:

  1. A campaign launch
  2. Website redesign
  3. Product launch
  4. Conversion issue
  5. Recent usability problem

Use a broader Date Range when looking for recurring behavioral patterns.

18.13 Filtering Replays

The Replays area provides the standard Analytics:

Filter

control.

Replay filtering uses the Advanced Visitor filter set.

This allows you to narrow Replays using applicable Visitor characteristics.

18.14 Replay Filter Examples

Depending on available Visitor data, useful filters can include:

  1. Country
  2. City
  3. Device
  4. Browser
  5. Operating System
  6. Screen Resolution
  7. Browser Language
  8. Browser Timezone
  9. IP, when available

For example:

Device → Is → mobile

can help isolate Mobile Visitor Replays.

18.15 Example — Mobile Replay Investigation

Suppose Mobile conversions decline.

You could:

  1. Open Replays.
  2. Select the affected Date Range.
  3. Filter by Device = Mobile.
  4. Review recent Replay Sessions.
  5. Look for repeated Mobile usability patterns.
  6. Compare findings with Mobile Heatmaps and Goals.

18.16 Understanding the Replay List

Each Replay row contains information organized around:

  1. Session
  2. Timing
  3. Visitor
  4. Location/Device information
  5. Replay details
  6. Actions


This lets you decide which Sessions are most relevant before opening the actual recording.

18.17 Session

The Session column contains a large Play icon.

Selecting it opens the Replay.

Beside the icon, AIUNIFY Analytics displays:

  1. Replay duration
  2. Number of recorded events


For example:

00:04:35

842 events

18.18 Timing

The Timing column shows:

  1. Session date
  2. Start time
  3. End time


This helps identify exactly when the recorded Website Session occurred.

18.19 Visitor

The Replay list connects each recording to its Advanced Tracking Visitor.

Selecting the Visitor opens the individual Visitor record.

This creates an important relationship:

Replay → Visitor → Complete Visitor Journey

18.20 Custom Parameters in Replays

If the Visitor has Custom Parameters, the Replay list can display the fingerprint indicator.

The tooltip can show:

  1. Number of Custom Parameters
  2. Parameter Names
  3. Parameter Values


This can help connect a Replay to Website-provided visitor context when your implementation uses Custom Parameters.

18.21 Anonymous Visitor Display

When no Custom Parameters exist, AIUNIFY Analytics displays the generated Visitor avatar.

Depending on IP-storage configuration, the Visitor label may display:

  1. Stored IP information

or:

  1. Visitor


18.22 Geographic Information

Replay rows provide Visitor location context including:

  1. Country
  2. City

when available.

This can help when investigating regional Website behavior.

18.23 Device Information

Each Replay row also identifies the Visitor's recorded:

Device Type

This is especially useful when deciding whether to investigate:

  1. Desktop
  2. Tablet
  3. Mobile

behavior.

18.24 Operating System and Browser

The Replay list displays icons representing:

  1. Operating System
  2. Browser

with the recorded values available through tooltips.

This can help isolate compatibility or browser-specific Website behavior.

18.25 Replay Size

A Replay detail icon displays:

Size

representing the stored Replay data size.

This is informational and does not represent Session duration.

18.26 Replay Expiration

Each Replay also contains:

Replay expiration

information.

The Replay list provides the expiration date and time remaining until that point.

The individual Replay screen similarly displays:

Replay expiration.

This means Replays should not necessarily be treated as permanent historical records.

18.27 Opening a Replay

You can open a recording by:

  1. Clicking the large Play icon

or:

  1. Opening the three-dot menu
  2. Selecting View

The Replay actions menu contains:

  1. View
  2. Delete


18.28 The Individual Replay Screen

Once opened, the Replay screen provides summary cards for:

  1. Visitor
  2. Timing
  3. Replay Duration
  4. Time Start to End
  5. Tracked Events
  6. Replay Expiration


Below these cards is the visual Replay player and page timeline.

18.29 Visitor Summary

The first Replay card displays the Visitor's Country and links back to the Visitor record.

When Custom Parameters exist, the fingerprint indicator provides access to those values.

This makes it easy to move between:

Replay

and:

Visitor Journey

18.30 Replay Timing

The Replay screen displays the recording Date under:

Timing.

Use this to relate a Replay to:

  1. Campaign timing
  2. Website changes
  3. Goal Conversions
  4. Support incidents
  5. Product launches

18.31 Replay Duration

The next card is:

Replay duration

AIUNIFY Analytics calculates the duration using:

Replay Ending Time − Replay Starting Time

This represents the recorded Session's Replay time.

18.32 Time Start to End

The separate:

Time start to end

card displays the Session's:

Start Time → End Time

This gives both a clock-time view and the calculated duration.

18.33 Tracked Events

The Replay screen includes:

Tracked events

showing the number of recording events associated with the Replay.

This count describes the stored events that make up the visual recording.

18.34 Replay Player

Below the summary cards, AIUNIFY Analytics loads the actual visual Session Replay player.

The player begins with:

AutoPlay disabled

meaning the recording is loaded without automatically beginning playback.

Use the player's playback controls to begin reviewing the Session.

18.35 Playing and Pausing a Replay

The Replay player provides the normal playback interface for watching the recorded Session.

You can:

  1. Start playback
  2. Pause playback
  3. Move through the recording using its playback/progress interface

The visual playback reproduces the recorded page experience using the stored Session events.

18.36 Replays Show the Website Experience

The Replay is not simply a list of database events.

AIUNIFY Analytics reconstructs a visual representation of the recorded browser Session so you can watch how the Website experience unfolded.

The product describes the capability as:

“Record & replay visitors sessions”

and highlights:

  1. Mouse clicks & trails
  2. Full journey through pages


18.37 Page Journey Timeline

Below the Replay player is a page timeline.

Each timeline entry can show:

  1. Page Path
  2. Page URL link
  3. Time
  4. Browser viewport dimensions
  5. Play/jump control


This lets you see how the visitor moved through pages during the recording.

18.38 Example Replay Journey

A Replay timeline might conceptually show:

/

9:01:05 AM

/services

9:01:38 AM

/pricing

9:03:12 AM

/contact

9:04:47 AM

This provides a quick structural overview before or while watching the visual Session.

18.39 Jumping to a Pageview

Each page entry in the timeline contains a Play icon.

Selecting it tells the Replay player to jump directly to the corresponding point in the recording.

This is especially useful in longer Replays.

Instead of watching a 10-minute Session from the beginning, you can jump directly to the page you want to investigate.

18.40 Active Timeline Tracking

As the Replay progresses, AIUNIFY Analytics tracks the current playback timestamp and highlights the corresponding page entry in the timeline.

The timeline automatically scrolls toward the currently active event.

This keeps the visible page journey synchronized with the Replay.

18.41 Viewport Dimensions

Each page timeline item also displays the recorded browser viewport dimensions.

For example:

1440 × 900

or:

390 × 844


This is useful for understanding the actual page layout the Visitor likely experienced.

18.42 Opening the Original Website Page

Each timeline entry includes an external-link control.

Selecting it opens the corresponding Website URL in a new tab.

This allows you to compare:

Recorded experience

with:

Current live page

18.43 Replays and Page Events

AIUNIFY Analytics also provides:

Replay page events

for the recording.

The interface specifically states:

“Only pageviews type events show up in this modal.”

This is different from the broader Advanced Session Events discussed in Chapter 13.

18.44 Replay Page Event Details

Replay page-event records can display:

  1. Pageview
  2. Time
  3. URL
  4. External Website link
  5. Viewport dimensions


Chapter 19 will examine Replay Page Events in greater detail.

18.45 Privacy Protections

The AIUNIFY Analytics product description identifies Session Recording as having:

Automatically hidden private details.

In addition, Website settings provide:

Session replays – Hide text selector

which lets you identify additional page elements whose text should be hidden from Replay collection.

This gives Website operators another privacy control for sensitive page areas.

18.46 Hide Text Selector

The Website's Replay configuration can contain a custom text-hiding selector.

AIUNIFY Analytics passes that configured selector to the Advanced Tracking Replay functionality when Replays are enabled.

Example selectors discussed earlier in this manual include:

.custom-class

or multiple selectors such as:

.custom-class,.another-custom-class

Use selectors that correspond to sensitive areas you do not want represented as readable text in recordings.

18.47 Sensitive Information and Replay Configuration

Session Replays can contain detailed behavioral context.

Before enabling Replays, review whether Website pages contain sensitive areas such as:

  1. Personal account data
  2. Private messages
  3. Financial information
  4. Health-related information
  5. Customer records
  6. Confidential business information
  7. Sensitive form content

Use appropriate Website design, Replay privacy configuration, and applicable consent/privacy practices.

Do not assume that Replay recording itself replaces your organization's legal or privacy responsibilities.

18.48 Replays vs. Session Events

These two features complement each other.

Session Events

Provides a structured chronology:

Pageview → Click → Scroll → Resize → Pageview

Session Replay

Provides a visual reconstruction of the recorded Website Session.

Use:

Session Events

when you want precise structured event details.

Use:

Replay

when you want to observe the Website experience visually.

18.49 Replays vs. Heatmaps

Heatmaps

Aggregate behavior across many visitors on the same page.

Replays

Show one individual recorded Session.

A strong workflow is:

Heatmap identifies pattern

Replay investigates individual examples

For instance, a Heatmap may reveal repeated clicks in an unusual area. Replays can then help you investigate how individual visitors interact with that area.

18.50 Replays vs. Visitor Journeys

A Visitor Journey provides the broader history of one Advanced Visitor across Sessions.

A Replay represents one recorded Session.

The relationship is:

Visitor

Session 1 → Replay

Session 2 → Replay

Session 3 → No Replay / Replay depending on available recording

This means one Visitor can potentially have multiple Replay Sessions over time.

18.51 Replays and Goals

For conversion analysis, combine Replays with Goals.

Example workflow:

Goal Conversion detected

Open Visitor

Find relevant Session

View Replay

Observe behavior leading to Conversion

This can help reveal what successful visitor journeys actually look like.

18.52 Replays for Non-Converting Visitors

Replays can also be valuable when a Visitor does not convert.

Look for recurring behaviors such as:

  1. Repeated navigation
  2. Hesitation
  3. Repeated clicking
  4. Excessive scrolling
  5. Back-and-forth movement
  6. Abandonment near a form
  7. Difficulty locating a CTA

These are behavioral signals to investigate—not automatic proof of why the visitor left.

18.53 Example — Form Friction

Suppose:

  1. Visitors reach a lead form
  2. Goal Conversion remains low
  3. Heatmap activity indicates form engagement

Review applicable Replays.

Look for patterns such as:

  1. Visitor repeatedly moving around the form
  2. Returning to earlier fields
  3. Scrolling away before completion
  4. Leaving the page

Then compare with structured Session Events and form-related analytics.

18.54 Example — Mobile Navigation Problem

Suppose Mobile users have lower conversion rates.

Filter Replays by:

Device = Mobile

Then watch several recordings.

Possible patterns to investigate:

  1. Menu difficult to use
  2. CTA positioned poorly
  3. Content requires excessive scrolling
  4. Forms difficult to complete
  5. Important elements not obvious

Compare with Mobile Heatmaps before making changes.

18.55 Example — Pricing Page Investigation

Suppose visitors repeatedly reach /pricing but conversions remain low.

Use:

Visitors → Sessions → Replays

or filter your Replay analysis to relevant visitors.

Watch for:

  1. Which pricing tier receives attention
  2. Whether visitors scroll through all options
  3. Whether visitors move repeatedly between sections
  4. Whether the CTA receives interaction
  5. Where they go next

Then compare the behavior with Goal Conversion data.

18.56 Replay Ordering

The Replays list is returned with the newest Session IDs first.

This makes the Replays screen well suited for reviewing recent Website Sessions after:

  1. A new campaign
  2. Design update
  3. Reported Website issue
  4. Conversion change

18.57 Pagination

When more Replays exist than fit on one page, the Replay list is paginated.

Pagination appears below the recording table.

Use it to move through additional recorded Sessions within the current Date Range and filter configuration.

18.58 Deleting a Replay

Each Replay's three-dot menu contains:

Delete

To delete a recording:

  1. Open Replays.
  2. Locate the recording.
  3. Open the three-dot menu.
  4. Select Delete.
  5. Confirm the action.

Delete Replay data only when you intentionally want that recording removed.

18.59 Bulk Delete

The Replays screen also provides:

Bulk actions → Delete

To remove multiple Replays:

  1. Click Bulk actions.
  2. Select the Replay records.
  3. Open Bulk actions.
  4. Select Delete.
  5. Confirm.


The controller processes the selected Replay IDs and deletes the applicable Replay resources for the current Website.

18.60 Team Restrictions

Team context can be used to view supported Replay information, but destructive Replay-management operations are restricted.

The source explicitly blocks:

  1. Bulk Replay deletion
  2. Individual Replay deletion

from Team context.

The individual Replay screen also hides its owner-level action menu when operating through Team access.

18.61 Troubleshooting — Replays Is Missing

Check:

Tracking Type

The Website must use:

Advanced Tracking

Feature Availability

Session Replay functionality must be enabled.

Website Selection

Confirm the correct Website.

The Replays controller rejects Lightweight Websites or configurations where Replay functionality is unavailable.

18.62 Troubleshooting — No New Replays Appear

Check:

  1. Correct Website
  2. Advanced Tracking
  3. Session replays enabled in Website settings
  4. Main Tracking enabled
  5. Tracking Code installed
  6. Account Replay allowance
  7. Date Range
  8. Active Filters
  9. Actual visitor activity

The Tracking Code only turns on Replay collection when the feature, Website setting, and account limit allow it.

18.63 Troubleshooting — Replays Exist but List Looks Empty

Check:

  1. Date Range
  2. Active Filters
  3. Selected Website

Replay queries apply the selected dates and active Advanced Visitor Filters before constructing the list.

A previously selected filter may be excluding the Replays you expect to see.

18.64 Troubleshooting — Replay Will Not Display

If AIUNIFY Analytics cannot properly load a recording, the Replay screen can display:

“Sorry, we have detected some issues with this replay session and we can not display it.”

If this occurs:

  1. Try another Replay.
  2. Confirm that other Replays function normally.
  3. Review whether the affected Replay may be incomplete.
  4. Check whether the Replay has expired.
  5. Confirm the Website/account remains able to use Replays.

A failure involving one recording does not necessarily mean all Session Replay functionality is unavailable.

18.65 Troubleshooting — Replay Has Few Events

A small Event count may simply mean the recording contained limited activity.

For example:

  1. Short Session
  2. One page
  3. Little interaction
  4. Visitor leaves quickly

Do not assume that a low Event count represents an error unless other evidence indicates the recording is incomplete.

18.66 Troubleshooting — Replay Has Expired

Replay records contain an expiration date.

If you need to investigate important behavior, review it while the recording remains available.

The Replay list and individual Replay screen both expose expiration information.

18.67 Recommended Replay Investigation Workflow

For general analysis:

  1. Select the correct Website.
  2. Open Replays.
  3. Choose the Date Range.
  4. Review total Replays.
  5. Review Avg. Events per Replay.
  6. Review Avg. Duration per Replay.
  7. Apply a Visitor Filter if needed.
  8. Review Session Duration and Events.
  9. Review Visitor/location/device information.
  10. Open a relevant Replay.
  11. Review Replay summary cards.
  12. Start playback.
  13. Watch the visitor's Website experience.
  14. Follow the page timeline.
  15. Jump to important pages when needed.
  16. Compare with the Visitor Journey.
  17. Compare with Goals or Heatmaps.
  18. Record patterns worth investigating further.

18.68 Recommended Conversion Replay Workflow

For a successful conversion:

Goal Conversion

Open Visitor

Locate Relevant Session

View Replay

Observe Page Journey

Identify Important Interactions

Compare with Session Events

Identify Repeatable Success Patterns

Do not assume one successful Replay represents every converting Visitor. Look for recurring patterns across multiple Sessions.

18.69 Recommended Friction Analysis Workflow

For a suspected usability problem:

  1. Identify the affected page.
  2. Review its Heatmap.
  3. Identify the pattern.
  4. Open Replays from relevant Visitors.
  5. Watch multiple Sessions.
  6. Compare Device Types.
  7. Review structured Session Events.
  8. Identify repeated behavioral patterns.
  9. Form a Website improvement hypothesis.
  10. Make the change.
  11. Gather new Replays.
  12. Compare the results.

18.70 Session Replay Checklist

Before interpreting a Replay, confirm:

  1. Advanced Tracking Website selected
  2. Session Replays enabled
  3. Correct Date Range
  4. Active Filters reviewed
  5. Replay duration reviewed
  6. Event count reviewed
  7. Visitor context reviewed
  8. Country/City reviewed
  9. Device reviewed
  10. Operating System reviewed
  11. Browser reviewed
  12. Replay expiration considered
  13. Custom Parameters handled appropriately
  14. Playback reviewed
  15. Page journey reviewed
  16. Important pages opened when needed
  17. Visitor Journey compared
  18. Goals compared when relevant
  19. Heatmaps compared when relevant
  20. Multiple Replays reviewed before making broad conclusions

18.71 Understanding the Complete Session Replay Workflow

The Session Replay process can be summarized as:

Advanced Tracking Website

Enable Session Replays

Visitor Browses Website

Supported Session Activity Recorded

Replay Stored

Replays List

Duration + Events + Visitor + Device + Timing

Open Replay

Visual Playback

Page Journey Timeline

Jump to Important Pageviews

Compare with Visitor Journey / Goals / Heatmaps

Identify Behavioral Patterns

Optimize Website

18.72 What You Should Know Before Moving On

You should now understand how to operate Session Replays as the individual visual-behavior layer of AIUNIFY Analytics.

The Replays screen provides:

Total Replays → Avg. Events per Replay → Avg. Duration per Replay

and organizes each recording around its Session, Timing, Visitor, Geography, Device, Operating System, Browser, storage information, and expiration.

Opening a Replay provides:

Visitor → Timing → Replay Duration → Time Start to End → Tracked Events → Replay Expiration → Visual Player → Page Timeline.

The page timeline lets you see the Visitor's sequence of Pageviews and jump directly to a specific point in the Replay for faster investigation.

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