Comments on: Data Studio Tip: Convert Dimensions to Metrics https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/ APIs, Sheets, and Analytics Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Ana https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-22380 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 06:54:21 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-22380 In reply to Conner.

Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: Conner https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-22369 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:43:33 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-22369 Hello all – just dropping my easy solution here after banging my head for a while.

Simple wrap your desired metric as "SUM( )" in a calculated field and it will be recognized as a metric.

For example, clicks would be "sum(Clicks)" while CTR would be "sum(Clicks)/sum(Impressions)".

Hope this helps someone.

]]> By: SG https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-19661 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 04:12:02 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-19661 Hmmm...not getting this to work. I've got a bunch of Google Analytics events that I'd like to put in a particular order, so I've used "case" to set an index value that represents which step in the process that event represents. (E.g. "Start" = 1) I've even wrapped it in a "cast(XX as number)" and it still won't change from a parameter to a metric.

]]> By: steve https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-17481 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:24:54 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-17481 In reply to Anonymous.

I had the same issue and it pissed me off for 1hr.

My issue was the data in my google sheets was formatting funky. So clear the formatting in your google sheet and then set your currency fields as a number in the google sheet, then change it to currency in data studio

]]> By: Anonymous https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-16206 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:46:02 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-16206 still not working

]]> By: Anonymous https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-15120 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:00:32 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-15120 This still hasn't fixed it. Recognizing numerc values as dimensions still :/

]]> By: Ana https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-13475 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:11:21 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-13475 In reply to Anonymous.

I'm not sure exactly what you're seeing but maybe it's related to these recent changes that were made to how dimensions and metrics work?https://support.google.com/datastudio/answer/9518554

]]> By: Anonymous https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-13471 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:20:20 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-13471 Hey Ana,
Somehow the GDS isn't allowing me to edit the fields this week, I have worked on this earlier and there was no error then. What do you think?

]]> By: Becky https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-11406 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:06:31 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-11406 Fantastic, thanks so much. You've saved me a ton of headache.

]]> By: Ana https://mixedanalytics.com/blog/data-studio-tip-convert-dimensions-metrics/#comment-8260 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:46:02 +0000 https://mixedanalytics.com/?p=7512#comment-8260 In reply to Rod.

Thank you for the tip!

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