Tracking Link Click Counters

Data & reporting
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I know this is not the optimal way to track traffic, but I’m curious if there is a way to decipher who has clicked a link within our community. I assume the data is there since it is displayed via link click counting.

Is there a data explorer query to show which users clicked the link? I know anonymous clicks won’t show.

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I think you can get this info from the topic_links and topic_link_clicks tables. :+1:

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Just to check back in, but was that enough of a breadcrumb for you? Did you manage to come up with the query you needed? :crossed_fingers:

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Hey Jammy!
Yes and no. The following Data Explorer query worked, but unfortunately, the link I want to track is within an event object. The query worked for another link that was in the topic, but not the one I want to see.

-- [params]
-- topic_id :topic_id

SELECT 
  u.username AS "Username", 
  t.title AS "Topic Title", 
  tl.url AS "Clicked URL", 
  tlc.created_at AS reltime$clicked_at
FROM topic_link_clicks tlc
JOIN topic_links tl ON tlc.topic_link_id = tl.id
JOIN users u ON tlc.user_id = u.id
JOIN topics t ON tl.topic_id = t.id
WHERE tl.topic_id = :topic_id
ORDER BY tlc.created_at DESC

Or, maybe I’m being optimistic and of the 60 views, no one clicked on the link :sob:

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Aah, that’s unfortunate. :frowning: I’m not sure that’s something I’ve tested before. :thinking: Does that particular link get a link counter next to it in the post?

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I have since learned that it does not (just tested myself). TIL!

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