One of the methods you have for creating a Content Group is extraction , whereby you use a regular expression to identify the web pages/app screens you want to group together. In this case, you identify those pages by using regex capture groups, as illustrated in the examples below.
In this article :Extract the first-level sub directories in a parent directory
Say, for example, you have a retail-clothing site, and want to create a Content Grouping called Men for the content in your men directory:
Name the Content Grouping Men .
Extract all the first-level sub directories as Content Groups with the following expression:
/men/(.*?)/
This kind of expression would extract content like:
- /men/shirts/
- /men/pants/
- /men/shoes/
In this case, the new primary dimension available in your reports would be your Content Grouping Men , and when you choose that dimension, you would be able to see aggregated data for the Content Groups shirts , pants , and shoes . You could drill in to each of those to see data for individual pages.
Extract product categories
Say, for example, you have a consumer-electronics site, and want to create a Content Grouping called Products for the pages in your various product categories:
Name the Content Grouping Products .
Extract all the product catgegories as Content Groups with the following expression:
/products\?.*category=([^&]+)
This expression would extract content like:
- /products?sort=price&category=memory
- /products?sort=discount&category=printers
- /products?sort=date&category=laptops
In this case, the new primary dimension available in your reports would be your Content Grouping Products , and when you choose that dimension, you would be able to see aggregated data for the Content Groups memory , printers , and laptops . You could drill in to each of those to see data for individual pages.
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