How to get raw User Timings data using Google Analytics Core Reporting API

Question

I'm using User Timings to measure how long something takes, by doing e.g. ga('send', 'timing', 'jQuery', 'Load Library', 20, 'Google CDN');

In Google Analytics web interface at Behavior > Site Speed > User Timings I can see both an average and an histogram (by clicking the tab Distribution).

Using the Analytics Core Reporting API I'm able to retrieve the average user timing by querying on the metric ga:avgUserTimingValue. I was wondering if it's possible to retrieve the histogram or the raw data itself. I'm specifically looking to create a box plot using the user timings data.

Nope, I didn't. I guess it isn't possible. One trick could be to use regular events, misuse the event label as the event value, and to set every event value to 1. That way you can still retrieve raw data from Google Analytics — ckuijjer

David Andersson David Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-26T15:08:03

Make an API request for the metric ga:userTimingValue together with the dimensions you want to split by such as ga:date.

Or you can create a custom report with the User Timing Value as metric and Date as dimension

How to get raw User Timings data using Google Analytics Core Reporting API

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