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Anna Hoesl
Anna Hoesl

Reputation: 1

eventAction and pageView filters in one request

I'm trying to filter website conversions from Google Analytics for a dashboard. However since it is a mixture of third party leads, events, and page path that contribute to the leads, I have to combine different types of filters. However combining folling metrics, the https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/query-explorer/ shows me the value 0 even if that's not correct.

Metrics: ga:totalEvents Dimension:ga:date
ga:pagePath=@DialogNavigatorVertical,ga:eventAction==Texting form submit

I have tried multiple solutions, but can't figure out how to get the correct data. Can I not combine pagePath and evenAction?

Thank you so much for all your kind help,

Anna

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1284

Answers (1)

Tushar Gupta
Tushar Gupta

Reputation: 15923

Events by definition are not page views. This means that an Event dimension (category, action, label) can't have page view metrics such as page views or average time on the page because that information does not relate to the specific event.

But you can definitely combine pagePath and evenAction. You are getting wrong results because of one of the following reasons

  • In your filter, ga:pagePath=@DialogNavigatorVertical is wrong, it must be either == or !=. it cant be an assignment operator
  • IF you wish to combine two filter conditions using AND that means both must be true, use ;. Semicolon is used for AND operator in filters
  • IF you wish to combine two filter conditions using OR that means both must be true, use ,. Comma is used for OR operator in filters
  • In case you are using core reporting api from a backend script, please URL encode the call before hitting. like == must be %3D%3D, space must be %20 and so on.

Please have a look into settings here : https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v3/reference#filters

Upvotes: 1

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