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André Luiz
André Luiz

Reputation: 7332

Google Analytics: Adding a metric returns different result

I'm working on a Google Analytics data extraction and I realized a difference in the results when I add a metric.

When I query the API like this https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/data/ga?ids=ga:xxxxx&start-date=2018-12-01&end-date=2018-12-31&metrics=ga:totalEvents&dimensions=ga:eventLabel,ga:eventCategory,ga:eventAction&max-results=100&start-index=1&filters=ga:eventLabel=~théories et pratiques de l'enseignement programmé: guide à l'usage des enseignants I receive this:

"totalsForAllResults": {
    "ga:totalEvents": "23"
  }

When I add ga:dateHourMinute to the metrics, the same property returns 14 instead of 23. Is there a way for me the get the right totalEvents, in this case it's 23, and also get the date and time in the same query?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 169

Answers (1)

Michele Pisani
Michele Pisani

Reputation: 14197

From your comments we understand that you have reached the sampling threshold. Default reports are not subject to sampling. However, by applying a secondary dimension (in this case ga:dateHourMinute), you required an ad-hoc queries so your data are subject to the thresholds for sampling, see here:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2637192?hl=en

What you can do is query two shorter periods and then add the values of events ​​together.

Upvotes: 2

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