{"id":1629,"date":"2016-02-16T10:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2016-02-16T10:23:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:23:43","slug":"google-analytics-calculated-metrics-with-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/google-analytics-calculated-metrics-with-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Analytics Calculated Metrics (with examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By itself, Google Analytics does a great job of capturing visitor information, aggregating it, and providing helpful information on site performance and traffic.<\/p>\n<p>However, as you start to mature in your\u00a0experience with Google Analytics, you realize that, as a default install, Analytics has\u00a0some weaknesses in providing deep insights that are unique to your site. Creating your own powerful\u00a0insights usually\u00a0requires downloading Google Analytics data\u00a0and then some offline processing in spreadsheets or databases. Thankfully, Google has improved their toolkit with the addition of <strong>Calculated Metrics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Google Analytics Calculated Metrics<\/h2>\n<p>Calculated metrics allow you the ability to add your own custom insights and useful metrics right in Google Analytics, and without having to export the data to a third-party program like a spreadsheet or database. What&#8217;s more, these insights are viewable in Google Analytics side-by-side with existing system data, allowing you to compare and contrast information, as well as segment data to give the best possible insights.<\/p>\n<h2>Get Started With Calculated Metrics<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/calculated-metrics-google-analytics-admin-142x200.png\" alt=\"Calculated Metrics Google Analytics Admin\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/calculated-metrics-google-analytics-admin-142x200.png 142w, https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/calculated-metrics-google-analytics-admin.png 392w, https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/calculated-metrics-google-analytics-admin-142x200@2x.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>To use Calculated Metrics, click on the Admin portion of Google Analytics and load the <strong>Analytics View<\/strong> you wish to use calculated metrics with.<\/p>\n<p>Calculated\u00a0metrics are not defined on the <strong>Property<\/strong> level like Custom Metrics, but rather the <strong>View<\/strong> level &#8211; this means that any view for a defined property will need Calculated Metrics set up.<\/p>\n<p>The other &#8220;gotcha&#8221; is that you can only have 5 calculated metrics per view (unless you have Google Analytics Premium, and then you have 50 calculated metrics per view). I would suppose this is to conserve processing power by Google&#8217;s servers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"message_box success\"><p>Need more than 5 calculated metrics? Set up another View!<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Creating Calculated Metrics<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1641 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/add-calculated-metric-google-analytics.png\" alt=\"Add Calculated Metric To Google Analytics\" width=\"919\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/add-calculated-metric-google-analytics.png 919w, https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/add-calculated-metric-google-analytics-285x200.png 285w, https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/add-calculated-metric-google-analytics-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gregcruce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/add-calculated-metric-google-analytics-285x200@2x.png 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Adding a new calculated metric is straightforward and requires 4 parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <strong>Name<\/strong> that you want to have the calculated metric to have<\/li>\n<li>an <strong>External Name<\/strong> that can allow the data to be called via the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/analytics\/devguides\/reporting\/core\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Analytics Reporting API<\/a>. This will autopopulate if you prefer from the Name.<\/li>\n<li>a <strong>Formatting Type<\/strong>, or what kind of data formatting to display:\n<ul>\n<li>Float is a decimal number (&#8220;1.23&#8221; like Avg. Pages Per Session)<\/li>\n<li>Integer is a whole number (&#8220;41&#8221; or Sessions)<\/li>\n<li>Currency is a money amount ($1.23, or Avg. Order Value)<\/li>\n<li>Time is a length of time (&#8220;00:01:23&#8221; or Avg. Session Duration)<\/li>\n<li>Percent is a percent (&#8220;12.3%&#8221; or Bounce Rate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formula<\/strong> is where you can enter basic calculations to perform, and they can use parenthesis to perform order of operations. Formulas are limited to 1024 characters. Start typing in this field and it will autofill matching selections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where\u00a0Calculated Metrics Are Used<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have created some new metrics, it&#8217;s time to put them to use! Currently, calculated metrics are available through three sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reporting API<\/li>\n<li>Dashboards<\/li>\n<li>Custom Reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Calculated Metrics Examples<\/h2>\n<p>Part of the fun of Calculated Metrics is discovering and learning data that&#8217;s unique and useful to your site. Here are some popular and useful calculated metrics to jump-start your discovery.<\/p>\n<h4>Sessions Per User<\/h4>\n<p>A handy way to see how many Sessions the average User is giving\u00a0your site. Easy to calculate manually but a useful insight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: <code>Sessions Per User<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formatting Type<\/strong>:\u00a0<code>Float<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formula<\/strong>: <code>{{Sessions}} \/ {{Users}}<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Pageviews Per User<\/h4>\n<p>Somewhat like the Sessions Per User, we can determine the average pageviews a user sees over their trackable history.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: <code>Pageviews Per User<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formatting Type<\/strong>:\u00a0<code>Float<\/code><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formula<\/strong>: <code>{{Pageviews}} \/ {{Users}}<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Non-Bounce Rate<\/h4>\n<p>Taking a spin on the famous Bounce Rate, the Non-Bounce Rate shows the percentage of sessions with more than 1 pageview.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name: <code>Non-Bounce Rate<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Formatting: <code>Percent<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Formula: <code>( {{Sessions}} - {{Bounces}} ) \/ {{Sessions}}<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More Examples<\/h4>\n<p>Here are more articles about Calculated Metrics and tons of other examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.analyticspros.com\/blog\/google-analytics\/25-calculated-metrics-for-google-analytics\/?utm_source=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_term=calculated%20metrics&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\">25 Calculated Metrics for Google Analytics &#8211; via AnalyticsPros.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovesdata.com\/blog\/2015\/18-calculated-metrics-for-google-analytics\/?utm_source=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_term=calculated%20metrics&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\">18 Calculated Metrics for Google Analytics &#8211; via lovesdata.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.analytics-toolkit.com\/2015\/guide-calculated-metrics-google-analytics\/?utm_source=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_term=calculated%20metrics&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\">Guide to Calculated Metrics &#8211; via Analytics Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunametrics.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/22\/calculated-metrics-universal-analytics\/?utm_source=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=www.gregcruce.com&amp;utm_term=calculated%20metrics&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\">Calculated Metrics in Google Analytics &#8211; via LunaMetrics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you start to mature in your experience with Google Analytics, you realize that, as a default install, Analytics has some weaknesses in providing deep insights that are unique to your site &#8211; that&#8217;s where Calculated Metrics come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[62,119,121,120,63,105],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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