Event Category query

[Markus Steen Palomar]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to pull total SEO enquiries to my website by using as Event Category "property inquiry".

I tried the following query which is not returning anything unfortunately. 

Metrics ga:totalEvents

Filters ga:eventCategory==property%20inquiry;ga:medium==organic

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks in advance.

Markus

[Mike Sullivan]

The way to troubleshoot a filter is to put the dimensions used in the filter into the query itself, and confirm that the values you are filtering for exist in the results the way you expect them.

i.e. query for ga:totalEvents,ga:eventCatgeory,ga:medium with no filter and see what you get.

[Markus]

Hi Mike,

I get the following error when trying the query you are suggesting. 

1 report failed due to errors

• Week 40 property inquiry test: Invalid dimension or metric: ga:eventCategory==property%20inquiry

This is the full query I entered as Metric:

ga:totalEvents,ga:eventCategory==property%20inquiry,ga:medium==organic

Thanks,

Markus

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[Adrian Heinrich]

Hi Markus,

I guess you have somehow a mistake in you original filter. 

Metrics ga:totalEvents

Filters ga:eventCategory==property%20inquiry;ga:medium==organic

Check the query explorer (http://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/explorer/) and enter as a metric: 

ga:totalEvents

and as a dimension: 

ga:eventCategory

and check the dimension result for 'property inquiry'. Copy & paste to your original filter and try again...

Best, Adrian

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[Markus]

Hi Adrian,

Thanks for getting back to me.

I followed your advice and the query explorer returns, among others, the following results for ga:eventCategory:

property inquiry	X
registration	X
renewal cart	X

In order to pull data for property inquiry I understand that my original query is valid (although doesn't work):

ga:eventCategory==property%20inquiry

What do you think?

Thanks,

Markus

[Mike Sullivan]

It's been a long time since I suffered with the API at this level -- just remembered: do NOT substitute %20 for space....use + instead.

property+inquiry probably works fine....

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[Markus]

Ok guys, I found a solution. I used "=~" instead of "==" in the query and it's pulling the data correctly. Also used "Filter" instead of "Dimension".

Metric ga:totalEvents

Filter ga:eventCategory=~inquiry;ga:medium==organic

Thanks a lot for your help.

Best,

Markus

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