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Difference between userevent and useraction in USQL

soportetr — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:36:16 GMT

Hi Everyone,

What's the diference between userevent.page and useraction.name?

I was making some Funnel charts and then I realized something when executing some query:

This is a Funnel using userevent.page statement:

On the other hand, this is another Funnel but using useraction.name statement:

Could you help me understanding the function of each statement?

Thanks in advance

Re: Difference between userevent and useraction in USQL

radek_jasinski — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:03:47 GMT

Hi,

In general, the difference between an action and an event is their context of occurrence. Both indicate state changes. But an action results from the execution of a function, while an event does not necessarily have to. Hence, an event may occur spontaneously. In Dynatrace user action name constructs a name also based on User event type, for example, click on..., loading of page..., or keypress on...

Radek

Re: Difference between userevent and useraction in USQL

soportetr — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:33:56 GMT

Hi @radek_jasinski ,

Thank you for your response. I understand now the difference. So, what would be recommendable at the moment of creating a Funnel chart, to use userevent or useraction?

Re: Difference between userevent and useraction in USQL

radek_jasinski — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:38:52 GMT

I recommend useraction.name 🙂

Radek

Re: Difference between userevent and useraction in USQL

soportetr — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:27:27 GMT

Thank you so much for your help