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How do I add custom metrics to Google Analytics?
Set up custom metrics
- Sign in to Google Analytics.
- Click Admin, and navigate to the property to which you want to add custom metrics.
- In the PROPERTY column, click Custom Definitions > Custom Metrics.
- Click the New Custom Metric button.
- Add a Name.
- From the Formatting Type dropdown, select an Integer, Currency, or Time.
Can we use calculated metrics in report Builder?
Report Builder 5.2 supports Adobe Analytics Unified Calculated Metrics. In Step 2 of the Request Wizard, you can filter and apply calculated metrics.
How are custom metrics reported in Google Analytics?
#3 The values of a custom metric is processed and reported in GA, only when the new data is available in GA. Whereas, the values of the calculated metric is processed and reported, as soon as the calculated metric is configured. Because of this reason, you can see data for your calculated metrics, as soon you set them up.
Can you change the name of a calculated metric?
Note: You can change the web view name of a calculated metric, any time you like and it will work retroactively. This is the ‘API name’ of the calculated metric. When we access Google Analytics directly via API, we use the API name of a metric/dimension, instead of the web view name.
What’s the difference between calculated metric and custom metric?
‘Calculated metric’ is a type of user defined metric. The another type of user defined metric is called the ‘custom metric’. ‘Calculated metric’ is different from ‘custom metric’, in the way it is: configured, collected and processed in Google Analytics.
How to identify a metric in a GA report?
We identify a metric in a GA report, through its web view name: It is a good practice to use descriptive names for your calculated metrics, so that a recipient of your report, can easily understand, what the metric is all about and/or what data it is supposed to report upon. For example, ‘CalcMetric1’ is a bad name for a calculated metric.