Action vs Event and PageView vs ContentImpression

@Ares wrote:

Hi,

I am new to Piwik. I have setup Piwik on my server that also runs a Symfony 2.7 web app. The web app uses the PHP-Piwik-Tracker to connect to Piwik and handle the tracking.

The Tracker offers different methods to track different stuff. Unfortunately I could not find any information about the meaning of the different terms:

The web app is an online address book and calendar. On different pages (e.g. calendar view, contact view, etc.) I simple use doTrackPageView().

Additonally I would like to track different events/action like creating a new contact, deleting a date, etc. Piwik offers both, doTrackEvent(...) and doTrackAction(...). What is the difference between an Event and an Action?

Both methods accept different parameters but I am not sure what exactly is the meaning of an Event and an Action in Piwik? What is the correct solution to track "New contactact created"

Likewise I am not sure what the difference between doTrackPageView() and doTrackContentImpression and doTrackContentInteraction is. When to use which?

Thank you very much!

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