Any ideas how i would filter the response based on a custom dimension when making an api call to the real time reporting api?
Below is what i have tried setting the filter to in the api call, my custom dimension is called dimension1.
filters=rt:dimension1==test
filters=ga:dimension1==test
Both the above filter do not work for the real time api.
But it seems i can use the following filter when doing an api call to the Core Reporting Api
filters=ga:dimension1==test
So it looks like the real time API doesn't support custom dimensions
List of supported dimensions and metrics below for the real time api.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/realtime/dimsmets/
You should be able to use filters=rt:dimension1==test as long as you are putting the dimension in your call. I'm not sure how you are making the call to the API. I'm using the javascript library and sending in JSON like this:
'params': {'ids': 'ga:xxxxxx', 'metrics': 'rt:totalEvents', 'dimensions': [ 'rt:eventCategory', 'rt:eventAction', 'rt:eventLabel', 'rt:minutesAgo'], 'filters': 'rt:eventLabel==Submit', 'fields': 'rows' }
Hope this helps!
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I have tried using Google Analytics Data Api - and issue with it is that the numbers don't much up with what I get from api and from what I see on web ui of Google Analytics. I even tried query explorer for Google Analytics Data Api but got less results again.
From what I am assuming and come to know that google sampling applies on GA Data Api (Although I have results of a day in few hundreds only). Now I heard there is no option to control sampling in GA Data API but there was in GA Reporting API by controlling sampling size option. So I decided to use that. But to my surprise Reporting API only takes View ID and I only had Property ID because I was using GA4 (can't enable universal analytics).
This takes me down to what? I tried Management api and it is for controlling options but not to view data. I tried to import data into Looker and exported from there to myself. But Looker has same results I get from query explorer which are less than web ui of Google Analytics.
I want to do this programatically so just can't use manual export option of GA4.
Need help in finding best way to do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have done this same thing in google analytics data api, query explorer as well as ga web ui. Ga web ui shows the most results. While query explorer and google analytics data api shows the same after sampling. Attached screenshots for reference.
GA WEB UI _ QUERY
GA WEB UI _ RESULTS EXPORTED TO CSV
QUERY EXPLORER_ QUERY
QUERY EXPLORER_ RESULTS
GA4 DATA API_ RESULTS
EVEN TRIED 3rd PARTY SERVICE Supermetrics GOT SAME
Here is code for GAT DATA API:
`
from apiclient.discovery import build
from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials
import pandas as pd
from collections import defaultdict
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly']
KEY_FILE_LOCATION = 'MY_GA.json'
property_id = 'properties/266233569'
dimensions = ["date","platform","customEvent:order_id"]
metrics = ['sessions']
request = {
"requests": [
{
"dateRanges": [
{
"startDate": "2022-10-19",
"endDate": "2022-10-19"
}
],
"dimensions": [{'name': name} for name in dimensions],
"metrics": [{'name': name} for name in metrics],
"limit": 10000,
"return_property_quota": True,
"keep_empty_rows": True
}
]
}
credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(KEY_FILE_LOCATION, SCOPES)
analytics = build('analyticsdata', 'v1beta',
credentials=credentials)
response =
analytics.properties().batchRunReports(property=property_id,
body=request).execute()
`
I believe it's a GA4 limitation. If you're considering third-party solutions, Able CDP has its own tracking that connects to BigQuery (so easily accessible in Looker) and provides raw tracking data without sampling.
We have a website with GA4 and want to set up data collection using Google Analytics Data API v4. We can see all custom events we defined show up Google Analytics UI under Engagement/Events. But when we call https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/ some of them are missing.
To be specific we are running the following to get list of all dimensions and metrics:
from google.analytics.data_v1beta import BetaAnalyticsDataClient
from google.analytics.data_v1beta.types import GetMetadataRequest
property_id = "PROPERTY_ID"
client = BetaAnalyticsDataClient()
request = GetMetadataRequest(name=f"properties/{property_id}/metadata")
print(client.get_metadata(request=request))
Does anyone know why some events are not showing up with the above code?
Thank you!
EDIT:
I found that only events marked as conversion (Configure/Events) show up in the metadata. But why?
EDIT2:
According to https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/advanced#event-scoped_custom_dimensions https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/properties/GA4_PROPERTY_ID/metadata only returns metrics and dimensions. So I guess I need to use something else to retrieve all events?
Im trying to extend Google Analytics 4 reports with data from the contact form submission.
Im sending event with a custom data through dataLayer to Google Tag Manager. Then GTM sends this to Google Analytics 4.
window.dataLayer.push({
event: 'formSubmission',
formData: {
lead_name: 'Lorem',
lead_email: 'lorem#ipsum.com',
lead_areas: ['web app design', 'mobile development']
}
});
I've correctly registered all custom dimensions and my data proceed correctly.
However, when im trying to create the report using lead_areas, Im facing a trouble that my areas listed as a string with comma-separated values instead of single values.
I don't have much experience in GA4. Please help me understand,
How can I send multiple values for one custom dimension in the scope of single event?
Thanks!
There are two type of custom parameters: text or number. So you can't send an array as value of a parameter but you can send different parameters like lead_area1, lead_area2, etc...
I have a newsletter page on my website which I'd like to also use to capture some additional information about the user using Google Analytics.
Using the getAll() method from ga.js I can get the referrer URL (if any), however I cannot see the medium or source data. Is this possible to retrieve using their ga.js library?
Retrieve specific tracker from the list of trackers you obtained.
Use the following to access the fields source and medium.
tracker.get('campaignSource') and tracker.get('campaignMedium')
Additional help from below links.
Access data from ga object:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/accessing-trackers
Field reference:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference
This is not possible with ga.js.
However, you can use custom JavaScript to deduce the same information.
If you only want this capability, then I suggest you have a look at the library I wrote: https://github.com/ilkkapeltola/visitdata
Once the library is included, you can run visitData.get(), which returns an object with exactly the data you need.
If you are using google analytics core reporting api try this
'metrics': 'ga:sessions ,ga:pageviews',
'dimensions' : 'ga:source,ga:medium'
Is it possible to filter data returned by the Firebase REST API using query parameters? I don't see it mentioned one way or an other in the docs, but the client libraries support it, so I'm hoping it's possible. Thanks.
It might be a bit late to answer, but Firebase does allow querying data via REST.
You can use the orderby option together with limitToLast, startAt etc just like you would when using the SDK.
Checkout the Firebase guide for more details
I fought a little bit to have it working.
I actually needed 2 things:
combine limitToLast with orderBy as mentioned by idan
URL getUrl = new URL( url + "news.json?orderBy=\"timestamp\"&limitToLast=5" );
add a rule in the database to declare an index on this "column"
"news" : { ".indexOn": "timestamp" }
Firebase provides querying parameters. However, I don't think they are the querying parameters you are expecting them to be, which are ones that filter data. Firebase REST API provides querying options like auth, print, callback, format, and download. Check docs here
Without ordering by certain field, By combining params orderBy="$key" and limitToLast=5 you can get the last 5 of inserted data ordered by it's key
The documentation can be looked at here