This reference document lists and describes all the dimensions and metrics available through the Real Time Reporting API.
Dimensions
rt:referralPath
The path of the referring URL (e.g. document.referrer). If someone places
a link to your property on their website, this element contains the path
of the page that contains the referring link. This value is only set when
rt:medium=referral
.
rt:campaign
For manual campaign tracking, it is the value of the
utm_campaign
campaign tracking parameter.
Otherwise, its value is (not set)
.
rt:source
The source of referrals to your property. When using manual campaign
tracking, the value of the utm_source
campaign tracking
parameter. When using Google Ads autotagging, the value is
google
. Otherwise the domain of the source referring the
user to your property (e.g. document.referrer
). The value
may also contain a port address. If the user arrived without a
referrer, the value is (direct)
.
rt:medium
The type of referrals to your property. When using manual campaign
tracking, the value of the utm_medium
campaign tracking
parameter. When using Google Ads autotagging, the value is ppc
.
If the user comes from a search engine detected by Google Analytics, the
value is organic
. If the referrer is not a search engine,
the value is referral
. If the user came directly to the
property, and document.referrer
is empty, the value is
(direct)
.
rt:trafficType
This dimension is similar to rt:medium
for constant values
such as organic
, referral
, direct
,
etc. It is different for custom referral types. As an example, if you add
the utm_campaign
parameter to your URL with value
email, rt:medium
will be
email but rt:trafficType
will be
custom.
rt:keyword
For manual campaign tracking, it is the value of the
utm_term
campaign tracking parameter.
Otherwise, its value is (not set)
.