The Analytics and Site Intelligence Blog. One thing that can be really frustrating in Google Analytics is when you understand the data that you want to see but when you try to drill down into the data, or create a custom report, you aren’t given the right combination of Metrics and Dimensions that you want. Because a lot of Google Analytics users have experienced this, I thought I’d break down both Dimensions and Metrics within GA, and shed some light onto what can and can’t be done with them. Dimensions in Google Analytics Dimensions are characteristics or descriptive attributes of an object. Simply put, they describe the data. A few examples of Dimensions are Campaign, City, Browser, Language, Source, and Medium. Dimensions will appear in all of your reports. Tip: So you don’t confuse them, Dimensions will always be colored green when you add them or create Custom Reports.
Metrics in Google Analytics Generally speaking, a Metric is a way to measure your data. Why Only Certain Dimensions Appear in Standard Reports Happy Analyzing! Conversion Room. Blog – Marketing Optimization and Google Analytics. Avinash Kaushik - Digital Marketing and Analytics Blog. Analytics Talks. Luna Metrics. Understanding Bot and Spider Filtering from Google Analytics On July 30th, 2014, Google Analytics announced a new feature to automatically exclude bots and spiders from your data. In the view level of the admin area, you now have the option to check a box labeled “Exclude traffic from known bots and spiders”. Most of the posts I’ve read on the topic are simply mirroring the announcement, and not really talking about why you want to check the box. Maybe a more interesting question would be why would you NOT want to?
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