Events
Retrieves Event data.
Table Specific Information
Select
Google Analytics only allows up to 10 Metrics and 7 Dimensions in a single query. Therefore, when issuing a query that selects all columns, only the default Metric columns will be selected for tables with more than 10 Metrics. The default Dimensions will be used unless you explicitly select other dimension columns. The following query uses EventLabel instead of the default EventCategory dimension:
SELECT EventLabel, TotalEvents, UniqueEvents, EventValue, SessionsWithEvent, AvgEventValue, EventsPerSessionWithEvent FROM EventsFilters can also be used in the WHERE clause. Dimension fields support the =, !=, LIKE, and NOT LIKE operators. Metric fields support =, !=, >, >=, <, and <= operators. This query will return all Events with less than or equal to 200 total events:
SELECT EventLabel, TotalEvents FROM Events WHERE TotalEvents <= 200All reports in Google Analytics must cover a specific date range. The default behavior is to pull the last month of data if the StartDate and EndDate inputs are left unset. To override this behavior, the values can be set directly in the query. For example:
SELECT * FROM Events WHERE StartDate = '39daysAgo' AND EndDate = 'Today'The default dimension for the table will be used unless another dimension is specified in the select columns, the DefaultFilter, or the Dimensions column in the WHERE clause. See Retrieving Google Analytics Data for more information about SELECT * queries. The following queries return the same results:
SELECT EventCategory, TotalEvents, UniqueEvents, EventValue, SessionsWithEvent, AvgEventValue, EventsPerSessionWithEvent FROM Events
Columns
Name | Type | Dimension | DefaultMetric | DefaultDimension | Description |
Date | Date | True | The date of the session formatted as YYYYMMDD. | ||
Year | Integer | True | The year of the session. A four-digit year from 2005 to the current year. | ||
Month | Integer | True | The month of the session. A two digit integer from 01 to 12. | ||
Week | Integer | True | The week of the session. A two-digit number from 01 to 53. Each week starts on Sunday. | ||
Day | Integer | True | The day of the month. A two-digit number from 01 to 31. | ||
Hour | Integer | True | A two-digit hour of the day ranging from 00-23 in the timezone configured for the account. This value is also corrected for daylight savings time. | ||
EventCategory | String | True | True | The category of the event. | |
EventAction | String | True | The action of the event. | ||
EventLabel | String | True | The label of the event. | ||
TotalEvents | Integer | False | True | The total number of events for the profile, across all categories. | |
UniqueEvents | Integer | False | True | The total number of unique events for the profile, across all categories. | |
EventValue | Long | False | True | The total value of events for the profile. | |
SessionsWithEvent | Integer | False | True | The total number of sessions with events. | |
AvgEventValue | Double | False | True | The average value of an event. | |
EventsPerSessionWithEvent | Double | False | True | The average number of events per session with event. | |
StartDate | String | Start date for fetching Analytics data. Either a date string or a relative date (e.g., today, yesterday, or #daysAgo). | |||
EndDate | String | End date for fetching Analytics data. Either a date string or a relative date (e.g., today, yesterday, or #daysAgo). | |||
Dimensions | String | A comma-separated list of dimensions to retrieve in addition to the columns defined in the schema. Set to empty string to retrieve no dimensions. | |||
Metrics | String | A comma-separated list of metrics to retrieve in addition to the columns defined in the schema. | |||
CohortTypes | String | Available only when using the V4 API. A comma-separated list of cohort types. The default value is FIRST_VISIT_DATE | |||
CohortStartDates | Date | Available only when using the V4 API. A comma-separated list of cohort start dates. | |||
CohortEndDates | Date | Available only when using the V4 API. A comma-separated list of cohort end dates. | |||
SamplesReadCounts | String | A comma-separated list of samples read counts when the response data is sampled. | |||
SamplingSpaceSizes | String | A comma-separated list of samples space sizes counts when the response data is sampled. | |||
Profile | Integer | The Profile Id or website URL to retrieve data from. |
Pseudo-Columns
Pseudo column fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer a more granular control over the tuples that are returned from the data source.
Name | Type | Description |
Segments | String | Segments the data returned for your request. Either a SegmentId or a custom segment. |