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title: "Preceding Pages"
slug: "preceding-pages"
updated: 2024-03-29T06:35:52Z
published: 2024-03-29T06:35:52Z
canonical: "docs.mapp.com/preceding-pages"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Preceding Pages

**This dimension is part of the pages path analysis and shows the direct preceding page of a page within the same visit.**

Between both pages, no further pages can be viewed.

| Short facts |
| --- |
| - [Standard scope](/v1/docs/what-is-the-standard-scope-of-a-specific-dimension-or-metric): "Pages" - [Auto scope in the filter engine](/v1/docs/what-is-the-auto-scope-of-a-specific-dimension-or-metric-in-the-filter-engine): "Pages" - The calculation of page paths relates to a visit. |

Using this dimension is most useful if you restrict your analysis to a specific page (i.e., the page that follows the shown "preceding page").

#### Example

A user views the following pages in the given order within a visit:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/2ba0b520-62b9-4c17-988d-a62847a4f46c.png)

Regarding Page C:

- the Preceding Page is *Page B*,
- the Second Preceding Page is *Page A.*

#### Example for using this dimension in an analysis

How do user reach the page "en.404"?

#### Analysis using a filter

- Filter: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/b376c5fc-9b08-48a5-b149-48621cec23af.png)
- Analysis: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/e82902cb-1d8a-47d0-ae50-5e7b0a7bc00c.png) Prior to the page *en.404* the page *en.service* was accessed 7,128 times.

#### Analysis in a pivot table

![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/cc174c68-ac0c-43c8-b372-fb4d8896eefb.png)

## Similar Figures

[Second Preceding Pages](/v1/docs/second-preceding-pages): pages viewed directly before the preceeding page [Follower Pages](/v1/docs/follower-pages): pages viewed directly after a page [Second Follower Pages](/v1/docs/second-follower-pages): pages viewed directly after the follower page

## Further Information

Training document [Analysis of Navigation Paths](/v1/docs/analyses-5-analysis-of-navigation-paths)