Why might dimension not appear in GA custom report?
I created a custom report, then created a tab, then in the tab I picked a metric and five dimensions, I save it all, go to see what my report table looks like, but dimensions do not appear. What am I doing wrong here?
I am using GTM to pass the data to GA, it may be that I have to setup something there first. If it is so, what should I setup then?
Thank you.
The report type you've selected (or rather defaulted to) is Explorer, which returns one dimension and the graph over time, with links on the dimension values that allow you to drill down. By selecting the report type Flat Table, all dimensions are returned but no time series graph is plotted. Please note though, if you pull Custom Dimensions into a Custom Report and there is no value set for that hit (or session depending on the CD scope) then it will report no info, so you can end up with some funky results.
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I have created a tag within GTM which as part of it's label returns various variables; page path, and various ID's
GT Tag Configuration
As expected, when I view the events in Google Analytics, the label is one item.
Event Action in GA
Ideally I would like them to be separate, so that reports in Analytics can be pivoted on these variables.
Is this possible?
Not as such, but you can create hit-level scoped Custom Dimensions and send them along with your event.
Custom dimensions are basically custom data fields that you can fill with arbitrary data (as long as each value is 150 byte or less). You can use them as secondary dimensions in standard reports, or in custom reports in GA (or in Google Data Studio).
Custom Dimensions will only work after you have configured them. If you need to work with existing data, you could use Google Data Studio, which directly connects to GA, and create calculated fields e.g. by splitting the value by the whitespace character and return the first (second, etc) bit. Data Studio is free, and is for the most part a much more capable reporting interface than GA itself, so it's worth a look.
No, it is not possible. You have to export data and process them for example in Excel.
I've set up a Custom Dimension at the website and the data is being registered correctly, as I am able to segment standard reports with a secondary dimension (using this Custom Dimension) and also to use this Custom Dimension as a segment.
However, when I set up a new View in GA filtering by this Custom Dimension, I see less than 20% of the data (sessions, pageviews, transactions, etc.) compared to what I see in a view without filters, but segmenting with the same Custom Dimension.
Has anybody had this kind of problem?
This can be an issue of the scope. For example, include view filter requires that filtered dimension be present in every hit. So if you're using session level custom dimension and only send it once per session then only 1 pageview will be there in filtered view. Contrary, Session segment requires that the filtered dimension appear at least once in the session and include all of the particular session hits.
I have a problem with my Custom Reports in Google Analytics. I'm trying to compare periods but it seems impossible to use Absolute Change sort within Custom Reports. Instead, the same option is available in classic reports. Is absolute change sort option available for custom report? Thank you in advance for your help.
Edit: Unfortunately I can't attach any photo, but I will try to explain better. As you surely know in Google Analytics I can compare data with a previous period. Analytics allows the user to sort the compared data through several Sort Types. There are three Sort Types available: Default, Absolute Change and Weighted. Each one of these takes into account different algorithms to sort data. You can switch to a different sort type just by using the drop-down menu placed beside "Secondary Dimension", above the results table. So, I checked out that In Custom Reports the "Absolute Change" option is never made available: when I try to switch from Default to Absolute type, the entry "Absolute Change" is disabled, so I can't select it. It seems to be a trivial feature of Analytics, and I'm not sure whether it is a limitation of custom reports, or maybe if I configured something wrong.
In the main report interface of Google Analytics under Goals > Overview it has a display of the goal name and the amount of completions for each goal.
What I want to do is replicate this in a custom report but I am having issues on how accomplish this. I have Goal Completions as a metric but it forces you to have a Dimension Drilldown and I can't see anything called Goal Name. Is there any way to replicate this very basic report?
The dimension set in custom reports will always give a drill down, thus by using something broad like year, you can see all your data in one row. If I wanted to use custom reports to show a overview of goals, I would do this...
Custom Report Setup
Custom Report
Goal Name would appear on metrics and google custom reports only show metrics to dimensions in report.
You can use any of below option for Dimensions
then you can select any of conversation rate of your goal from below metrics
Why is the advanced segment and custom report in the below scenario not matching. Need your valuable suggestions from you all.
I have created a custom report to get sessions. I have done this by using the below query
Dimension as Device category
Metrics sessions
filters as page matches regex /products/phone/xperia-z
iam getting figues as mobile(sessions) = 869,908
However when i use a advanced segment on Audience-->Mobile--> overview. The query used in the advanced segment is
condition
Filter session using page matchesregex /products/phone/xperia-z
mobile(session) = 1,187,560
Could you please let us know why there is such a huge difference in custom report and advanced segment, though iam only interested in sessions
Comparing segments with custom reports is not a correct way of populating data. Whenever you apply a segment, it gives data for all the sessions in which your specified page was visited. Whereas in Custom Report, the filter works like a secondary dimension i.e. number of sessions from Mobile in which users directly landed on your page.
Try and using secondary dimension in Audience > Mobile report and your data will match.
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