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CustomDimension

A definition for a CustomDimension.

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Properties

Name Type Description
description string Optional. Description for this custom dimension. Max length of 150 characters.
disallowAdsPersonalization boolean Optional. If set to true, sets this dimension as NPA and excludes it from ads personalization. This is currently only supported by user-scoped custom dimensions.
displayName string Required. Display name for this custom dimension as shown in the Analytics UI. Max length of 82 characters, alphanumeric plus space and underscore starting with a letter. Legacy system-generated displ
name string Output only. Resource name for this CustomDimension resource. Format: properties/{property}/customDimensions/{customDimension}
parameterName string Required. Immutable. Tagging parameter name for this custom dimension. If this is a user-scoped dimension, then this is the user property name. If this is an event-scoped dimension, then this is the e
scope string Required. Immutable. The scope of this dimension.
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JSON Schema

admin-api-custom-dimension-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-analytics/refs/heads/main/json-schema/admin-api-custom-dimension-schema.json",
  "title": "CustomDimension",
  "description": "A definition for a CustomDimension.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "description": {
      "description": "Optional. Description for this custom dimension. Max length of 150 characters.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "disallowAdsPersonalization": {
      "description": "Optional. If set to true, sets this dimension as NPA and excludes it from ads personalization. This is currently only supported by user-scoped custom dimensions.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "displayName": {
      "description": "Required. Display name for this custom dimension as shown in the Analytics UI. Max length of 82 characters, alphanumeric plus space and underscore starting with a letter. Legacy system-generated display names may contain square brackets, but updates to this field will never permit square brackets.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Output only. Resource name for this CustomDimension resource. Format: properties/{property}/customDimensions/{customDimension}",
      "readOnly": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "parameterName": {
      "description": "Required. Immutable. Tagging parameter name for this custom dimension. If this is a user-scoped dimension, then this is the user property name. If this is an event-scoped dimension, then this is the event parameter name. If this is an item-scoped dimension, then this is the parameter name found in the eCommerce items array. May only contain alphanumeric and underscore characters, starting with a letter. Max length of 24 characters for user-scoped dimensions, 40 characters for event-scoped dimensions.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "scope": {
      "description": "Required. Immutable. The scope of this dimension.",
      "enum": [
        "DIMENSION_SCOPE_UNSPECIFIED",
        "EVENT",
        "USER",
        "ITEM"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}