Managing the single-session Custom Report tab

Last Updated:

The Analytics section in the event creation flow includes the Custom Report tab. In this tab, event organizers can create and download custom attendee reports by selecting the metrics that they want. Hosts can generate a list of participants that is tailored to their needs and specific criteria, and hosts can leverage this list for follow-up actions.

Learn more about creating a single-session event.

This article covers:

Prerequisites for managing the Custom Report tab for single-session events

How to access the Custom Report tab in for single-session events

  1. Create a Zoom Sessions event or edit an upcoming event to access the event setup.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Analytics, then click Custom Report.
    The Custom Report page will appear.

How to create a custom report

Create custom user reports by selecting your own filters.

  1. Access the Custom Report tab in the event setup.
  2. Click the Add a filter dropdown, then select a metric to filter a report.
    After selecting a metric, the dropdown menu changes to a list of multiple values under the selected metric.
  3. Under the selected metric, choose the checkboxes that you want to filter from the list of values.
  4. (Optional) To the right of the filter dropdown, click Remove all filters to clear all filters from the dropdown.
    You can also click the close-icon.png icon on a filter to remove an individual filter. 
  5. When you are finished selecting metrics, click Match All.
  6. To the right of the filter dropdown, click Download Report.
    Your report will download as a CSV file, and the report will display information based on the selected metrics.

Note: The custom report will always display the attendee's Display Name and Registrant Email

Select available filters

You can select from these metrics—and the multi-selected list of values under the selected metric—to filter a custom report
Note: Each metric has the Select all checkbox as a listed value.

  • Event Attendance: Select this metric to filter by event attendance. 
    • Attended: Select this checkbox to filter by unique attendees who attended your event.
    • Absent. Select this checkbox to filter by unique attendees who missed your event.
  • Ticket Name: Select this metric to filter by your event's ticket names.
    • Select the checkboxes of the ticket name(s) that you want to filter.
  • Registration Question for Ticket: Select this metric to filter by the custom registration questions. Then, select the list of answers provided by attendees.
  • Marketing Communication: Select the checkboxes you want to filter by the following attendee responses. 
    • Opt-in: Filters by attendees who opted in to marketing communication.
    • Opt-out: Filters by attendees who opted out of marketing communication.
    • N/A: Filters by the unavailable response from attendees.
  • Attended Sessions: Select the checkboxes of the sessions you want to filter.
  • Watched Recording for Session: Select the session recording that you want to filter.
  • Livestreamed Sessions: Select the livestreamed sessions that you want to filter.
  • Downloaded Material for Session: Select the session that has the downloadable material you want to filter by. Then, select the downloadable material (PDF file) that you want to filter by.
  • Selected Resource Link for Session: Select the session that has the resource link you want to filter by. Then, select the resource link that you want to filter by.
  • Register Date: Select the date range of attendee registrations.
  • Country: Use this metric to select the countries you want to filter.
  • Session Attendance Duration (in minutes): Use this metric to filter by session attendance. Set a minimum and maximum amount of time that an attendee would have spent in a session. You can also select and filter by a specific session.
  • Recording View Duration (in minutes): Use this metric to filter by the recording view duration. Set a minimum and maximum amount of time that an attendee would have spent viewing a recording. You can also select and filter by a specific session.
  • Number of Surveys Taken: Use this metric to filter by the number of surveys taken. Set a minimum and maximum amount of surveys that attendees would have taken.
  • Responded to surveys: Use this metric to filter by the survey response. 
  • Number of Polls Taken: Use this metric to filter by the number of polls taken. Set a minimum and maximum amount of polls that attendees would have taken.
  • Responded to Polls: Use this metric to filter by poll response.
  • Source of Registration: Use this metric to select the source of registration to filter.
  • Registration Method: Use this metric to filter by ticket detail, pre-registration, self-registration, group join links, or other registration methods.

How to manage the report history

View your custom report filter combinations

After you create a custom report, the report will appear in the Report History section. 

Enable or disable columns

You can select the columns and the columns' information that you want to hide or display in the Report History section. You can either use the Columns button and enable or disable column toggles, or you can use the vertical dots by each column name to select the columns you want to hide or display.

Use the Columns button

  1. In the top-left corner of the Report History section, click the Columns button.
    A menu will display the column toggles you can enable or disable. 
  2. (Optional) At the top of the column menu, use the search box to find a column.
  3. To the left of each column name, click the toggle to enable or disable it.
    When enabled, the column and its information will be displayed. When disabled, the column and its information will be hidden.
  4. (Optional) Click the Hide all button to disable all column toggles.
    All columns and their information will be hidden.
  5. (Optional) Click the Show all button to enable all column toggles.
    All columns and their information will be displayed.

Use the vertical dots

  1. In the Report History section, hover your mouse over a column name.
  2. To the right of the column name, click the 3 vertical dots 3_dots.png, then select the following actions: 
    • Unsort: Selecting this will remove the sorting of information.
    • Sort by ASC: Selecting this will sort all information in ascending order.
    • Sort by DESC: Selecting this will sort all information in descending order.
    • Hide: Selecting this will hide the column and its information.
    • Show columns: Selecting this will make the column toggle menu appear, where you can enable or disable columns you want to display or hide.

Sort Report History

Each column has a sorting icon that shows that the columns can be sorted. A column with the up arrow icon up.png indicates that sorting is in ascending order. Clicking the up arrow icon will change it to a down arrow down.png and sort the column in descending order.

Rerun and delete your saved reports

  1. Access the Custom Report tab in the event creation flow.
  2. In the Report History section, under the Action column in the row of the report you want to manage, select the action that you want to take:
    • Rerun: Use this action to re-download a custom report.
    • Delete: Use this action to remove a saved custom report (and the custom report filter combinations). If a confirmation window appears, click Delete.

How to share event analytics

  1. Access the Analytics Custom Report tab in the event creation flow.
  2. In the top-right corner of the Custom Report page, click Share Event Analytics.
    A pop-up window will appear.
  3. In the pop-up window, enter the email addresses with which you want to share event analytics.
  4. Click Share.

After you share the event analytics with other email addresses, you can view those email addresses under Access List; those emails will have access to the event analytics.
Note: Hub owners and hosts are automatically given access.

How to download standard reports

  1. Access the Analytics Custom Report tab in the event creation flow.
  2. In the top-right corner of the Custom Report page, click View All Standard Reports.
    A Download Standard Reports panel will appear, displaying all analytics reports.
  3. In the panel, to the left of the report you want to view, click the forward arrow forward-arrow-button.png to expand and view the details of the reports.
  4. To the right of the report you want to download, click Download down-arrow-icon-with-line.png.

Zoom Community

Join the 250K+ other members in the Zoom Community! Login with your Zoom account credentials and start collaborating.