User-defined reports are custom reports where you, as the user, can select the dimensions and metrics you want to retrieve from Google search console API.
When you select a user-defined report, you will see additional fields in the interface.
To build this type of report, you need to define the required dimensions, metrics, and search types yourself. Here is some guidance on how to do that.
1. How to define dimensions and metrics
In most other connectors, you can choose both the metrics and the dimensions you want to include in your report.
However, because Google search console only supports four metrics, we have opted to always include those in all reports to simplify the process.
Therefore, when creating a user-defined report for Google search console, all you need to do is select the dimensions you want to include.
You can choose from the following dimensions:
datepagequerycountrydevicesearchType
When defining required values for dimensions, simply type these values into the corresponding field.
2. How to define search types
Simply select required values from a dropdown menu:
When you fetch data from Google search console, you can choose which type of search results you want to obtain statistics from.
Here are the different options:
news: Search results from the 'News' tab in Google search.image: Search results from the 'Image' tab in Google search.video: Video search results.web: Filter results to the combined ('All') tab in Google search. This does not include Discover or Google news results.
If you select multiple options, it is advisable to include searchType in your dimensions to ensure that you can later distinguish between them.