# Top Paths Report

The Top Paths Report shows you the most popular conversion paths in your program. All conversion path steps aren't captured — the report only shows conversion paths of 9 steps or less. This report is best used to investigate trends you've found in other reports. See [Top Paths Explained](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/cross-channel-performance-insights/optimize-reports/top-paths-explained.md) to learn more. Learn more about [Optimize Essentials & Pro](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/cross-channel-performance-insights/compare-optimize-essentials-and-pro-tiers.md).

#### Access the top paths report

![](/files/HbFEW70cxLxQ7ssdRUKm) This feature is only available with the Optimize add-on. [Click here](https://app.impact.com/secure/advertiser/fr/upgrade.ihtml?u=/secure/advertiser/optimize/landing-page.html) to get the add-on!

1. From the left navigation bar, select ![](/files/3qZUeu6yOc1AE8v9DZdc) **\[Optimize]**.
2. From the left navigation bar, select **Funnels → Top Paths**.
3. Under *Top Paths*, you can filter for the data you want to view. Select ![](/files/HAYlqLij6PEHErfhXyFS) \*\*\[Search] \*\*when you have the filters in place that you want.

   * View the *Filter reference* for more information.

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   <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p><strong>Note:</strong> The <em>Top Paths Report</em> only shows paths that include at least one interaction with one of your partners. If you want to see paths that do not necessarily include your partners (e.g., Email → Google AdWords → Direct), reach out to your CSM or <a href="https://app.impact.com/support/portal.ihtml?createTicket=true">contact support</a>.</p></div>

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<summary>Filter reference</summary>

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| **Filter**     | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Date Range     | <p>Filter data by when it was created. You can also compare two periods of time against each other.</p><p>You can pull a maximum of <strong>366 days</strong> of data. However, you can still perform Year-over-Year reporting by selecting <strong>compare to {Previous year}</strong>.</p><p>If you want to pull more than 366 days of data, you will need to run the report multiple times with different date ranges.</p><p>Data older than 2 years may be periodically archived.</p> |
| Insights Level | Select how you want to group together your consumer path insights for the report.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Model          | If you have consumer path models set up, select the specific model you want to view consumer path data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Event Type     | Select which event type you want to view consumer conversion paths for, or select **All** to view data for all your event types.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Steps          | <p>Select which steps you want to view consumer data for.</p><p>If your report mentions <em>Unknown Referral</em>, then impact.com wasn't able to pinpoint who drove the consumer to purchase — this is likely due to the customer going directly your site on a "fresh" browser that doesn't have impact.com's tracking cookie.</p>                                                                                                                                                      |
| Participated   | Select what partners you want to view consumer path data for.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Introduced     | Limit consumer path data to only the paths generated from particular partners.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Influenced     | Limit consumer path to only paths that particular partners contributed to. This can include introducing and closing partners.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Closed         | Limit consumer path data to only paths that particular partners closed, i.e., the last click.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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