Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Analytics Data V1beta Client class GetMetadataRequest.
Request for a property's dimension and metric metadata.
Generated from protobuf messagegoogle.analytics.data.v1beta.GetMetadataRequest
Namespace
Google \ Analytics \ Data \ V1beta
Methods
__construct
Constructor.
Parameters
Name
Description
data
array
Optional. Data for populating the Message object.
↳ 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 property identifier. To learn more, seewhere 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.
getName
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 property identifier. To learn more, seewhere 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.
Returns
Type
Description
string
setName
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 property identifier. To learn more, seewhere 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.
Parameter
Name
Description
var
string
Returns
Type
Description
$this
static::build
Parameter
Name
Description
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 property identifier. To learn more, seewhere 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. Please seeBetaAnalyticsDataClient::metadataName()for help formatting this field.
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