How do I find my session in the tracker debugger?

One of the ways to find your session in the tracker debugger is looking for the visitor ID that is assigned to you.

Note: This method won’t work if you don’t use cookies. In that case, use a method where you add a parameter to the page URL. Read more

To find your session, follow these steps:

  1. Open your website.
  2. Accept all consents.
  3. Perform the action you want to check, for example sign up for a newsletter.
  4. Right-click on the page and open Inspect or Inspect Element.
  5. Navigate to Console.
    Check visitor ID in Piwik PRO
  6. Paste the following code into the console and the returned value will be your visitor ID: 
    _paq.push([function () {
    console.log(this.getVisitorId());
}]);
    Check visitor ID in Piwik PRO
  7. Copy your visitor ID.
  8. Log in to Piwik PRO.
  9. Go to Menu > Analytics.
  10. Navigate to Settings > Tracker debugger.
  11. Paste the copied visitor ID into the filter.
    Check visitor ID in Piwik PRO
  12. Voila! Here’s your current session.

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