how do I track what happens between two specific events?

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To track what happens between two specific events in Mixpanel, you should use the Flows report. Flows allows you to visualize and analyze the most frequent paths users take between any two events. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Open the Flows Report: Go to the Flows section in Mixpanel. 2. Choose Your Events: In the query builder, add your two specific events as anchor steps (e.g., “Event A” and “Event B”). 3. View Intermediate Steps: Mixpanel will display the most common events that users perform between your selected events. You can adjust the number of steps before, after, or between your anchor events to see more detail. 4. Expand and Break Down: You can further expand any step to see more granular paths or break down the flow by properties (like browser, city, etc.) to segment the analysis.

This approach helps you answer questions like, “What do users typically do after Event A and before Event B?” or “Where do users drop off between these two events?” The Flows report uses a Sankey diagram to visualize these paths, making it easy to spot common behaviors and drop-offs between your chosen events Flows: See frequent paths taken by users to or from any event.

Additionally, in Funnels reports, you can use Behavioral Properties to analyze the frequency or aggregation of specific events that occur between two funnel steps, but for a full path analysis, Flows is the recommended tool Funnels Advanced Concepts: Behavioral Properties.

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To see what happens between two specific events (e.g., A and B) in Mixpanel Flows, you need to add both events as anchor steps in the query builder. This will show you the most common paths users take from event A to event B, including all intermediate steps.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Add Multiple Anchor Steps: In the Flows query builder, add both your starting event (A) and your ending event (B) as steps. This sets up the flow to analyze what happens between these two points. 2. View Intermediate Events: Mixpanel will automatically display the most common events that occur between A and B. You can use the "+" buttons in the Sankey visualization to add more steps before A or after B if you want to see a longer path, including up to the session end. 3. Adjust Steps Displayed: By default, Flows shows the first 3 events after your selected event, but you can increase this number to see more of the path, including all the way to session end if enough steps are added. Use the "+" on the right of the visualization to add more steps after your anchor events Flows: Basic Features.

If you want to see the path all the way to session end, keep adding steps after event B until you reach the "Session End" event (assuming you have session tracking enabled). If "Session End" is not appearing, make sure your session events are being tracked and included in your project Session Controls in Reports.

Summary: - Add both A and B as anchor steps in Flows. - Use the "+" to add more steps after B to extend the path toward session end. - Ensure "Session End" is tracked as an event in your data.

If you still cannot see the full path to session end, it may be due to the maximum number of steps allowed in the visualization or missing session event data. The knowledge sources do not specify a hard limit, but you can adjust the number of steps in the query builder to maximize the path shown Flows: Basic Features.

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To see the amount of time it takes for users to get from event A to event B in Mixpanel, you should use the Funnels report with the "Time to Convert" measurement:

1. Create a Funnel: Set up a funnel with event A as the first step and event B as the second step. 2. Select "Time to Convert": In the funnel report, choose "Time to Convert" as your measurement. This will show you how long it takes users to move from event A to event B. 3. View Aggregations: You can view the average, median, percentiles, minimum, and maximum time to convert between these steps. You can also break down the distribution of conversion times to see how quickly or slowly users are converting between A and B.

This feature allows you to analyze the speed of user progression between any two funnel steps, helping you identify bottlenecks or opportunities for optimization Funnels Advanced Concepts: Time to Convert.

If you want to see the distribution of times, use the "Time to Convert breakdown" to visualize how long different users take to convert between the steps.

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To see the amount of time it takes between Session Start and Session End in Mixpanel, you can use the automatically computed property called Session Duration (Seconds). This property is attached to session events and represents the duration between the “Session Start” and “Session End” events in seconds.

How to analyze session duration:

1. Use Insights or Funnels Reports: - In the Insights report, select the “Session Duration (Seconds)” property on your Session events to view metrics like average, sum, or distribution of session lengths. - In the Funnels report, you can use “Session Start” as the first step and “Session End” as the second step, then use the “Time to Convert” metric, which will reflect the session duration.

2. Breakdown and Filtering: - You can break down or filter results by “Session Duration (Seconds)” to analyze session lengths across different user segments or behaviors.

3. Conversion to Minutes: - If you want to see the duration in minutes, simply divide the “Session Duration (Seconds)” by 60 using Mixpanel’s formula feature.

Reference: Mixpanel automatically computes session duration and attaches it to session events, so you do not need to set up any custom tracking for this metric Session Properties FAQ: Average Session Duration.

You can use this property in your reports to analyze the time between Session Start and Session End.

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