# Track User Search

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [25 januari 2018 om 18:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982 "2018-01-25T18:37:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Bolarinwa\_Balogun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bolarinwa_balogun/32/138753_2.png) [@Bolarinwa\_Balogun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bolarinwa_Balogun)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2018 om 18:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982/1 "2018-01-25T18:37:10Z")

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Hi,  
I am working on a discourse setup to be used for a school discussion board. For analytics purposes, I wanted to know if it is possible to view and keep track of search queries made by users. I also wanted to ask about good data visualization tools that work well with discourse.

Thank you.

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### Author: ![jaevanryssel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jaevanryssel/32/86830_2.png) [@jaevanryssel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaevanryssel)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2018 om 20:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982/2 "2018-01-25T20:31:30Z")

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In the recently released [Discourse 1.9 version](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/01/discourse-1-9-released/), as an admin you are able to view what search terms your users are using in the search bar. Don’t know if you can get individual users search data.

 ![discourse_user_search_feature](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/1/e16756f0c13869f8f8320bf07d14f4a03b5a1783.jpg)

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### Author: ![omarfilip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omarfilip/32/208019_2.png) [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2018 om 21:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982/3 "2018-01-25T21:04:06Z")

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If you use Google Analytics, you can set it up there. See:

> **[\[UA\] Set up Site Search \[Legacy\] - Analytics Help](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1012264)**
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> See how users search your site. You are viewing a legacy article about Universal Analytics. Learn more about Google Analytics 4 replacing Universal Analytics.

To track Discourse searches, add _q_ as the query parameter in the property’s view settings:

 ![25%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/0/2064d0309eb862beff1f32b88c9a00f15bc968df.png)

 ![11%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/b/9b71eb3d0edce62e1e6149fc9c9f77157b72f7f8.png)

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### Author: ![Bolarinwa\_Balogun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bolarinwa_balogun/32/138753_2.png) [@Bolarinwa\_Balogun](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bolarinwa_Balogun)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2018 om 01:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-user-search/78982/4 "2018-01-26T01:04:46Z")

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Thank you both so much