Custom Reports Metrics name in GOOGLE analytics

Question

I have some custom reports in GA, I need to get them through API .

  reportRequests: [
      {
        viewId: VIEW_ID,
        dateRanges: [
          {
            startDate: '7daysAgo',
            endDate: 'today'
          }
        ],
        metrics: [
        {"expression": "ga:hOg8OmowQCyxAarL0pWvWg"},
        {"expression": "ga:sessions"}
        ]
      }

Where can I find expression for my custom?

I have tried with some Ids like ga:hOg8OmowQCyxAarL0pWvWg, but they all give me this error:

"Unknown metric(s): ga:hOg8OmowQCyxAarL0pWvWg For details see https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/dimsmets."

Nouran Raouf Nouran Raouf · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-18T21:57:19

if you are trying to access Custom metrics use 'ga:metricXX' where you replace XX by the metric index so it should be ga:metric01 or ga:metric02...etc

to find custom metric index: 1. Click Admin, and navigate to the property to which you want to add custom metrics. 2. In the PROPERTY column, click Custom Definitions > Custom Metrics.

Custom Reports Metrics name in GOOGLE analytics

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