There are two tables on the Reports tab that allow me to view and filter data. What's the difference between them?

Versions

This article applies to the following versions: MediaManager 4.4.

Media Table

Use the Media table if you're looking for how many views a specific archive, event or encoder had during the selected date range. The view count in this table is the total of all of the individual pages (URLs) found in the Pages table for the event, archive or encoder. The Media table sums up all the different publish points, video pages, events, etc from the Pages table into one entity.

To learn more about the Media table, see Viewing and Filtering the Media Your Citizens Are Using.

Pages Table

Use the Pages table if you're looking for how an archive, event or encoder was accessed; for example, if you wanted to check on how certain publishing points were doing, then the Pages table would have the individual URLs viewed during the date range. The Pages table also has other types of content beyond media streams such as view pages and agendas and minutes.

The Pages table provides data on all types of public-facing pages across the system, not just media streams. The new system tracks page views – how many times a unique web address (URL) has been viewed. The Pages table shows this raw data; it's a listing of the unique URLs viewed during the selected date range. 

Some types of content, particularly media streams, events, archives and encoders, may be accessed by multiple URLs. For example, an archive may be viewed by clicking the Video link on a view page, by clicking a linked timestamp in a document, or by clicking on a publishing point. Each of these actions results in a different page, or URL, with its own view count. Searching the Pages table would result in multiple lines for the same archive. On the other hand, the Media table will only have one listing for that same archive. 

To learn more about the Pages table, see Filtering Data by Page Title or Category.

A Note on Encoders

In the old Reports system, there was an Encoders report that showed concurrent hits to an encoder over time. The encoder streams in the Media and Pages table is different; it tracks views of an encoder's publishing point. If you don't use encoder publishing points (previously known as camera publishing points), you will not have any encoder stream views.