Method: properties.getMetadata

Returns metadata for dimensions and metrics available in reporting methods. Used to explore the dimensions and metrics. In this method, a Google Analytics GA4 Property Identifier is specified in the request, and the metadata response includes Custom dimensions and metrics as well as Universal metadata.

For example if a custom metric with parameter name levels_unlocked is registered to a property, the Metadata response will contain customEvent:levels_unlocked. Universal metadata are dimensions and metrics applicable to any property such as country and totalUsers.

HTTP request

GET https://analyticsdata.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=properties/*/metadata}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
name

string

Required. The resource name of the metadata to retrieve. This name field is specified in the URL path and not URL parameters. Property is a numeric Google Analytics GA4 Property identifier. To learn more, see where to find your Property ID.

Example: properties/1234/metadata

Set the Property ID to 0 for dimensions and metrics common to all properties. In this special mode, this method will not return custom dimensions and metrics.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

The dimensions, metrics and comparisons currently accepted in reporting methods.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "name": string,
  "dimensions": [
    {
      object (DimensionMetadata)
    }
  ],
  "metrics": [
    {
      object (MetricMetadata)
    }
  ],
  "comparisons": [
    {
      object (ComparisonMetadata)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
name

string

Resource name of this metadata.
dimensions[]

object (DimensionMetadata)

The dimension descriptions.
metrics[]

object (MetricMetadata)

The metric descriptions.
comparisons[]

object (ComparisonMetadata)

The comparison descriptions.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics

ComparisonMetadata

The metadata for a single comparison.

JSON representation 
{
  "apiName": string,
  "uiName": string,
  "description": string
}
Fields
apiName

string

This comparison's resource name. Useable in Comparison's comparison field. For example, 'comparisons/1234'.
uiName

string

This comparison's name within the Google Analytics user interface.
description

string

This comparison's description.