Documentation

About Yandex.Metrica Inspector

I made this tool as result of using for some time a script I made with JavaScript to debug Yandex.Metrica implementations. I thought to develop a Chrome extension would be a good idea, though I found some problems that finally made more interesting this project. I fixed several of them, but I stil have some pending, and I hope to fix them in next releases, and to add some additional features as well. Despite of these problems, I like the result and I hope you do too.

What is Yandex.Metrica Inspector?

Yandex.Metrica Inspector is a free extension for Google Chrome to debug Yandex.Metrica implementations you do in your websites and check that all the information is sent properly.

You can take a look at the demo video available on the bottom of this page.

How to use Yandex.Metrica Inspector?

Just install the extension in your browser and open the console / developer tools to find the Yandex.Metrica tab. Once you open it, you may need to reload your page or go to another one to start viewing data from the Yandex.Metrica Inspector.

By default you will see all type of data sent to Yandex.Metrica, but you can filter wich ones you want to see in the Inspector's window by checking each one of the data type in the top right menu.

If your implementation has more than one counter, you can also filter the data by the counter's ID and go to the counter's dashboard from the Inspector's window.

You can delete individual pages and their collected data one by one, or reset the Inspector's window by removing all the data and starting over your debug.

What data shows Yandex.Metrica Inspector?

Yandex.Metrica Inspector shows almost all type of data available from Yandex.Metrica:

• Pageview (init method)
• 'Virtual' pageview (hit method)
• External link (extLink method)
• File download (file method)
• Goals (reachGoal method)
• Session parameters (params method)
• User parameters (userParams method)
• User ID (setUserID method)
• Not bounce session (notBounce method)
• Publisher data (content reports)
• Ecommerce
  • Product detail (detail)
  • Product add to cart (add)
  • Product remove from cart (remove)
  • Purchase / Transaction (purchase)

You can check the most relevant information and details from each data type, grouped by the pages you visit, in the Yandex.Metrica Inspector window.

Debug export

Optionally, you can export all the registered data. This feature opens a new window with all the information visible at this moment. You can save as HTML, PDF or print this view if you want to keep a report of what happened while debugging.

Demo video

I recorded a video to show you how this tool works (better with full screen).

This another video shows the new features from version 1.2 (october 2021).