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Sharing

A public dashboard is a read-only copy of the overview at a URL nobody can guess. No sign-in, no account, nothing to hand out but the link.

Turning it on

Section titled “Turning it on”

  1. Settings → Sharing → Publish public dashboard.

  2. A random 12-character id is minted and the full URL appears with a copy button:

    https://tracing.tools/share/aB3xK9pQ7mZt

  3. Send the link to whoever needs it.

Turning the switch off sets the share id back to null and the URL 404s immediately.

What the shared page shows

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Panel Rows
Headline tiles Visitors, pageviews, visits, bounce rate, average visit, views per visit, and revenue once the site has sent a revenue event
Traffic chart The same metric/shape/compare toolbar
Top pages 10
Referrers 10
Locations 10
Devices 5
Browsers 6

Plus the domain, the range label, a theme toggle and a link to tracing.tools.

What it deliberately does not show

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Read-only by construction, not by permission check:

  • No filters. Every query runs unfiltered. There are no chips and nothing to drill with.
  • No links into the dashboard. Breakdown rows are not clickable.
  • No Sessions. The one screen with anything resembling a person on it is not reachable.
  • No Events, Journeys, Goals, Funnels, Retention, Revenue, Ask or Settings.
  • No range picker. The header prints the range label; the only way to change it is to edit the URL.
https://tracing.tools/share/aB3xK9pQ7mZt?range=7d

range accepts the same nine range keys and falls back to 30d.

Before you publish

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Two things worth checking first:

  1. Page paths are visible. If your paths contain customer names, order ids or anything else you would not put on a billboard, do not publish. Excluded paths are still your friend here — see Bots & exclusions.
  2. The revenue tile appears once the site has sent a revenue event. If the link is going to an audience that should not see your revenue, it should not have the link.

Good uses

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  • An open-metrics page for a public project.
  • A client or an investor who should see traffic without an account.
  • A wall display in the office.

For anything that needs filtering, drill-down or the transaction list, add the person to the account instead.

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