Inconsistent Data Presented Over Time

[petetisa]

Describe the Bug

Statistical results are not consistent when choosing the filter over time drop-down on Dashboard and property detail views. I recently installed/started tracking data on four web properties using Umami mid-week/mid-month. 2-3 days worth of data collection should report consistent total views/visits, etc. Attached screenshots illustrate the erroneous results.

Database

MySQL

Relevant log output

No response

Which Umami version are you using? (if relevant)

2.11.1

Which browser are you using? (if relevant)

Chrome

How are you deploying your application? (if relevant)

Self Hosted

[mikecao]

Hey Pete, how are you? Long time no see. 😄

So I think this might just be a terminology issue. When you select This week, it counts the days from Sunday to Saturday. When you select last 7 days, it counts the past 7 days, excluding today. So if you had a lot of traffic today, those numbers would be different. Same idea for last 30 days versus this month. And when you select last 6 months, it includes the previous 6 months, excluding the current month. If you look at the graph bars, I think it will be more clear.

If that's not the case, then we can dive deeper into your data to troubleshoot.

[mikecao]

But it could also mean we have it wrong and maybe we should include the current day by default.

[petetisa]

Thx for the ACK Mike and I'm a big fan of your projects. Back to business:

I processed your explanation and it now makes sense why I get the results I see. My only input would be that it is not intuitive. Maybe consider adjusting the query parameters based on the Filter selected. E.g. The 6 month filter should return the full result set right?

As an aside, I'm also using your Flight Framework in a number of projects and excited to see that get some traction.

[mikecao]

Alright, we'll change it so it always includes the current time period.. I think that makes more sense.

[petetisa]

@mikecao Thank you for considering my concerns/suggestions. I'm by no means an expert regarding web analytics. Like many I've been using GA for years and just excited to see more competitive products that align with end-user privacy and data ownership. You and the other contributors to this project are doing great work. My colleagues who consume the data love the clean interface and I like the API feature.

I don't believe there is a roadmap published, but for what it's worth, the "user segmentation" feature I noticed in Discussion, for lack a better descriptor, is exciting.

Thanks for all your hard work, and I hope to contribute in some way in the future. We'll have to catch-up personally some time soon.