The expected path is the flow of screens you expect participants to go through to complete a website task.
Defining success paths gives you a benchmark for measuring the success of your test. You can add as many paths as needed. All paths you set will be considered successful ways to complete the mission.
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Set up paths
Unlike goal-based prototype tests, in website tests, you don’t have to explicitly define a task type (i.e. free explore or goal-based).
If no success path is defined, it’s not possible for Maze to establish whether each mission was successful or not. As a result, participant paths will appear in the results as Uncategorized. Why are some paths marked as “Uncategorized”?
To set up a path on your website test:
- In your draft maze, add a website test block.
- To start creating your paths, click Create path. A floating window will open with a preview of your website. Avoid opening the task window in a new tab and/or in full screen, as it may exceed the maximum window dimension and trigger a “Window size too large” error. Learn more about device resolution in website tests
- Click through the website to define the path you expect the testers to take to complete the task. At the moment, each page change or parameter change counts as a screen in the path.
- To add more paths, click + Add new path.
- Once you’re done, click Save and close to save the paths and go back to the draft maze.
Analyzing results
As testers complete your live maze, you’ll start seeing insights in the Results dashboard.
Learn more about your website test results
Troubleshooting
Why are some paths marked as “Uncategorized”?
Why do I see a “We didn’t detect any clicks on this page” when creating a path?
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