> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guidewhale.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guides

> Measure how successfully users are engaging with your product tours and help guides.

## Why it Matters

Guides contribute to better user onboarding experience and product usage, giving users a higher chance of returning to use your application again in the future.

## Analytics

* **Engagement Score:** percentage of total guide completions. Guide engagement is calculated by dividing the amount of total guide completions by the amount of total guide shows for the given time period.
* **Total Views:** number of total guide shows for the selected period. This includes both automatically and manually triggered guides.
* **Total Completions:** number of total guide completions for the selected period.
* **Average Completion Time:** average selected guide completion time for the entire period.
* **Guide Engagement Chart:** shows how successfully users are completing your guides after they start them.
* **Average Completion Time Chart:** shows average guide completion time over time, indicating how successfully users are progressing through the guide.
* **Guide Sessions Table:** shows all the guide sessions that users have started. Here you can see exactly where the guide was started and how far users got into the guide.

[//]: # "- **User Segment:** select either all users or a specific user segment."

## Filters

* **Guide:** select either all or specific guides to analyze.
* **Date Range:** period during which to analyze guide engagement.