We are trying to write a small PHP service that gets the GA file download count for specific files for a site. Right now, we tried it with the ga:pageviews metric, but I am not sure if this is the right metric, as the results are way lower than expected.
The code we used to get the data is this:
$analytics->data_ga->get(
'ga:' . $profileId,
'2005-01-01',
'today',
'ga:pageviews',
['filters' => 'ga:pagePath=#' . $url]);
Here are the top downloaded files in the GA page:
Google Analytics files
But the top downloaded file, with the above code returns a pageViews count of just 3.
So, my questions are:
What is the appropiate metric to get the count of times a file has
been downloaded?
Is the code I am using correct?
After checking your picture i can see that you have added your downloads as events in Google analitcs. This means that you should be using th eevent dimensions and metrics to find the data not pageviews.
Event dimenisons and metrics
I would sugest starting with
$analytics->data_ga->get(
'ga:' . $profileId,
'2005-01-01',
'today',
'ga:totalEvents');
Then add these dimensions
ga:eventCategory
ga:eventAction
ga:eventLabel
Related
I have implemented a feedback star rating on my website at the bottom of each page. They can select one to five stars and optionally send free-form comments. I have implemented gtag.js to send the star rating integer and comments to my GA4 dashboard. Code snippet is below; I have omitted the JavaScript which allows the user to set the variables, but this is working.
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=MEASUREMENT_ID"></script>
<script>
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag('js', new Date());
gtag('config', 'MEASUREMENT_ID', {
'custom_map': {
'rating_dimension': 'rating_key',
'comments_dimension': 'comments_key'
},
'rating_key': 'this.value',
'comments_key': 'commentsValue',
});
</script>
gtag('event', 'rating_event', {'rating_key': this.value });
gtag('event', 'comments_event', {'comments_key': commentValue });
I went under Configure>Custom definitions and added the dimensions under the Event scope.
The data is being sent as an event, because this is something the user can optionally do on a page. I have verified that the data is sent to GA, I have the Google Chrome GA Debugger, and can see that it is arriving in the Realtime report under Events.
I would like to build a report which shows the page title/URL, the number of views, the length of time spent, along with its average star rating and any comments. I would like to have some adjustable controls so that I can configure this to be shown for a specified length of time. For example, if the page is modified, I can see the average rating before and after the change. Unfortunately, I am not able to build even the most rudimentary view of this data in the new GA web interface. I tried to modify various existing reports to include my custom dimensions, but they don't offer this option. I went under Explore and tried to add a Freeform report, but I can't get the data to show up there either, it only counts the number of times the event has occurred, which is not what I care about at all.
I have gone to a lot of effort to send the data to GA and had expected to be able to access the data and build a basic report.
Is it that you are unable to add custom dimensions and metrics to the free form exploration? Or when you want to add dimensions or metrics, they don't even show up in the custom section?
Normally you have to wait more or less (some say up to) 24 hours before being able to use custom definitions (metrics and dimensions) in any report.
this might not be your case, but I found your post looking for an answer to my problem, which is the custom metrics and dimensions are there, I am just unable to add them to the report, it looks like a bug, I click the + button, check the custom dimensions and nothing happens.
Trying to extract a userID from GoogleAnalytics. This is to view which user is the using the website most and least.
I would to retrieve the top 5 user IDs and bottom 5 user IDs that were passed using either:
gtag('config', 'GA_TRACKING_ID', {
'user_id': 'USER_ID'
});
OR
using a custom dimension... ( https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2709828?hl=en )
I'm (vaguely) aware of policies and TOS to keep 'non identifying' information on Google BUT there are posts online indicating you can link back to CMS data.
Steps so far
Google Analytics with UserID and view setup - Working in Google dashboard and showing filtered userID and All website data using the idea.
Requirements:
Extract page view and session data for each userId between a date
range (or all by default)
UserID via standard GA method
UserID via Custom dimension method
Any help, pointers or examples how someone has completed something like this are appreciated.
NOTE: This is to PULL data out of GA and manipulate/display it on an external system/dashboard.
Seen this which states it's not possible: Google analytics userID tracking
and this which states it (kind of) is google analytics API implementation for tracking a specific user activities in php
The solution I used:
Tracking
Create Google Analytics account
Create a new view by activating the UserID tracking (labeled NewView1)
Use https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/gtagjs/custom-dims-mets
i.e. Define your custom dimension
Get Analytics tracking code + Add custom definition code
Create a Custom report using the 'metrics' you want to see and filtering by the 'custom dimension' I created earlier.
(note: data took ~ 12 hours to be visible so don't expect to work instantly)
Front end tracking additions
gtag('config', 'GA_TRACKING_ID', {
'custom_map': {'dimension<Index>': 'dimension_name'}
});
// Sends the custom dimension to Google Analytics.
gtag('event', 'any_event_name', {'dimension_name': dimension_value});
Extraction
Create New Google Developer Console Project (API)
Use a Service Account to connect the API with Analytics ( https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/quickstart/service-php ) -- API -> credentials -> Create Credentials (Service Account key)
(assign role [mine was set to Project => View])
Save the Text file to your filesystem and rename to json as per examples
Add permissions to your Analytics project by copy/pasting the 'Email' from the Service account details into Analytics User Management.
Get the view ID of the data you wish to extract (Analtyics created in step 2 in tracking)
Use the sample Code (HelloAnalytics.php) to connect and extract data
Use your custom dimension to filter results
The dimension filter I used was $dimensions (see below)
...
$dimensions = new \Google_Service_AnalyticsReporting_Dimension();
$dimensions->setName('ga:dimension1'); // as per docs
// Create the ReportRequest object.
$request = new \Google_Service_AnalyticsReporting_ReportRequest();
$request->setViewId($VIEW_ID);
$request->setDateRanges($dateRange);
$request->setMetrics(array($sessions, $pageviews));
$request->setDimensions($dimensions);
From there I was able to see the same data via API that I could see in the custom report on analytics web.
NOTE: be careful of which Google project and view you're in while setting up
permissions and dimensions.
NOTE: using gtag() code and not Universal (ga()) js code
The answer is a very brief/rough summary of how I achieved my specific goal. It is not a one-size-fits all solution but hopefully it will give someone a better idea of how to set and extract custom variable data within Google.
The final result was data from the API. From there it's up to you.
I am streaming real time tweets using R script and sending it to Power BI using (Streaming data and REST API) to create a live streaming dashboard.
I have to create a tile which shows tweets over time. But the date/time field does not get reflected in the tile, it is just empty.
I'm not sure if I have to change the datatype or format of the field? Below is how the date/time field looks in R.
The streaming dataset is as below:
Below is the tile I created (Shows blank)
If you don't see anything in the tile, probably your dataset doesn't received anything. Try to post some data manually, e.g. from a PowerShell script (place the correct URL):
$endpoint = "https://api.powerbi.com.com/beta/........."
$Time_Stamp = ($Time_Stamp = Get-Date).Datetime
$payload = #{ "date" = $Time_Stamp; "count" = 98.6; "score" = 98.6 }
Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$endpoint" -Body (ConvertTo-Json #($payload))
Does anything shows up in the tile? As we see from your screenshot, you enabled Historic data analysis. This means that you can create reports with this dataset. Try to make one to show the contents in a table. Is there any rows in this dataset?
UPDATE: Actually, to be sure, copy the sample PowerShell code to post to your dataset and try it. Go to the list of datasets in your workspace, find your one in the list and click on the (i) icon. Then from API Info panel go to PowerShell and copy/paste the code in PowerShell ISE to execute it:
Also, keep in mind that the tile will auto update itself only in a dashboard. You may need to refresh the report to get the up to date data, if you are looking at the tile in a report.
I added the analytic in my webpage.When i started to generate the reports i am unable to get that in following condition
I create the dimension1 with name SessionD and send there data.
In Behavior report i add the condition where SessionD='nitin' (I already send 2 time this value)
After test i receive that its show some % session available
Problem come here when i click on preview its not showing single report don't know why.
Please find the attached screen shot for same.Image
Here i want that there should show the session for this also as there are x number or session present as per the test connection(i also send there data) but which is not coming.Am i doing any thing wrong?
Code added to webpage:
ga('send', 'pageview', { 'page': '/'+eLabel, 'title': eLabel, 'SessionD': gaUser, 'dimension1': gaUser, 'SessionDD': '1', 'metric1':'1' });
Thanks,
Nitin Gaikwad
How can you modify the URL for the current page that gets passed to Google Analytics?
(I need to strip the extensions from certain pages because for different cases a page can be requested with or without it and GA sees this as two different pages.)
For example, if the page URL is http://mysite/cake/ilikecake.html, how can I pass to google analytics http://mysite/cake/ilikecake instead?
I can strip the extension fine, I just can't figure out how to pass the URL I want to Google Analytics. I've tried this, but the stats in the Google Analytics console don't show any page views:
pageTracker._trackPageview('cake/ilikecake');
Thanks,
Mike
You could edit the GA profile and add custom filters ...
Create a 'Search and Replace' custom filter, setting the filter field to 'Request URI' and using something like:
Search String: (.*ilikecake\.)html$
Replace String: $1
(was \1)
Two possibilities come to mind:
it can take a while, up to about 24 hours, for visits to be reflected in the Analytics statistics. How long ago did you make your change?
try beginning the pathname with a "/", so
pageTracker._trackPageview('/cake/ilikecake');
and then wait a bit, as per the first item.
Usually you have the ga script code at the end of your file, while special _trackPageviews() calls are often used somewhere else.
Have you made sure you have your call to pageTracker._trackPageview() after you have defined the pagetracker?
Like this:
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-XXXXXXX-X");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
otherwise you just get a JavaScript error I suppose.