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How do I use Sessions?

Learn what you can do with the live feed Compass writes

Written by Pulkit Agrawal

The Sessions tab in Insights is a live feed of your users' Sessions, each presented as a plain-language narrative rather than a list of clicks. Filter down to the Sessions you care about, then ask Copilot to summarize the themes across exactly what you're looking at.


Availability & usage

🔐 Requires Compass on your account

📍 Covers your whole product, not individual Experiences

⚙️ Visit Insights → Sessions


What do I see in the Sessions feed?

Each entry shows who the user was (avatar and name, or UID), when the Session happened, how long it lasted ("2-minute session", "37-second session"), and a short narrative describing what the user did.

Sessions are ordered most-recent-first. The feed loads 50 Sessions at a time. Select Load more at the bottom to bring in the next 50. This isn't a live or auto-refreshing feed, so select the refresh icon above the feed to pull in any new sessions


How do I filter Sessions?

A filter bar sits under the header. You can combine any of the following:

Filter

What it does

Keyword

Searches every Session's summary text across your entire Session history, not just the Sessions currently loaded on the page

Segments

Shows Sessions from users who currently belong to the Segments you pick: this checks their Segment membership right now, not who they were in at the time of the Session

Features

Shows Sessions in which a user engaged one of your selected Product Features. Archived Features aren't offered in the list.

Date

Restricts the feed to a date range you choose

Exclude short sessions

On by default. Hides Sessions shorter than 20 seconds. Find it under the ⋮ menu on the right of the filter bar

Once you've applied a filter, you'll see how many Sessions match, and an × next to each applied filter to clear just that one, or Reset search to clear everything at once. When a Keyword filter is active, matches are highlighted right in the summary text.

👉 Your filters are saved to the page's URL, so you can share a filtered view or a Copilot conversation started from it with your team.


How do I discuss Sessions with Copilot?

Once you've applied at least one filter, a Discuss with Copilot button appears above the feed. Selecting it opens Copilot already scoped to the exact set of Sessions you filtered to: it reads their summaries and reports back the recurring themes (what users were trying to do, and where they got stuck).

This requires AI features to be enabled on your account; if you don't see the button after filtering, check with your Admin.


How do I see more about a user from their Session?

Select a user's avatar or name on any entry to open their profile, and explore more Sessions or data.


Why don't I see any Sessions?

  • Your filters may be too narrow: select Reset search and try again

  • Confirm your Product Features are set up, since Compass uses them to make sense of what it's reading.

👉 The Sessions tab shows every session Compass has tracked. Sessions without a written recap appear as processing. To see Sessions, switch on Session Tracking in Account → Credits.

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