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Notes on charts
Mark launches, sales and changes on your chart. Datacenter adds notes for new goals, campaign starts and big days, and reports include them.
On this page
A note says what happened on a day, so a jump on the chart has a reason next to it. Notes show as a small flag on the main chart. Point at the day to read them.
Add a note
- Open your site's dashboard.
- Click Add a note under the main chart. Once the period has notes, the button reads Notes (3). Or click a day on the chart: its breakdown opens, with Add a note at the foot.
- Pick the day, write a few words, like "Launched the spring sale", and click Add note.
Notes are up to 140 characters. A site can have 500.
Notes Datacenter adds
These come from data Datacenter already has. You do not need to do anything.
| Note | When |
|---|---|
| Tracking started | The day of the site's first tracked visit. Days before it show as no data, not zero |
| Datacenter's own numbers start | The day imported history hands over to Datacenter's own count |
| Tracking tag found on the site | Datacenter found the tag, on a site with imported history, where it takes the place of Tracking started |
| Tracking tag stopped sending | The tag went quiet (an alert) |
| Goal added | You added a goal |
| Campaign started | An ad campaign's first day of spend, from connected or imported ad spend |
| Big day | A day with at least twice the usual visitors |
| Unusual change | A number far from a usual day for that weekday, with its likely cause when the data shows one (see Unusual changes) |
Remove a note
Click Notes under the chart and click the cross next to a note. Notes Datacenter added are marked Automatic. A note you wrote is deleted. A note Datacenter added is hidden for good.
Where notes show
- On the main chart of the dashboard, and on shared dashboards, so clients see them too.
- In the breakdown for a day on a chart, under its number.
- In client reports, with a What happened block. The Monthly performance template has one.
- To the Assistant, so when you ask why traffic jumped it can point to the note for that day.
Something missing or wrong? Email hello@datacenter.so.