What is the Auto-scope of a specific dimension or metric in the filter engine?
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    What is the Auto-scope of a specific dimension or metric in the filter engine?

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    Article summary

    If you create a filter, the so-called "Auto-scope" is chosen by default. It defines, in which context the filter will be applied.

    To know what's the Auto-scope of a container, you have to know the scopes of the single filters. These can be found on this page and in this Excel file.

    Further information on the filter engine and scopes can be found in the training chapter Segmentation and Filter Options.

    What's the difference between Auto-scope and standard scope?

    Mapp Intelligence links dimensions and metrics in different ways to user activity. This link is referred to as the standard scope.

    Apart from count metrics, the Auto-scope of a metric or dimension is its standard scope.

    What's a count metric?

    A count metric counts how often a dimension was tracked. For example, "Page Impressions" is a count metric - it counts how often the dimension "Pages" was tracked.
    In contrast, Non-Count metrics show a numeric value that was passed to Mapp Intelligence (e.g., "Order Value").

    Count metrics are, based on their standard scope, available up from the next larger scope.

    Standard Scope

    Auto Scope

    Direct

    Actions

    Actions

    Pages

    Pages

    Visits

    Visits

    Visitors

    Example for Page Impressions

    Page Impressions have the Standard Scope "Pages" and the Auto Scope "Visits".

    For example, the following filter has the scope "Visits" and therefore restricts the analysis to all visits with more than 5 Page Impressions.


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