Product analytics API

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History
  • Introduced in GitLab 15.4 with a flag named cube_api_proxy. Disabled by default.
  • cube_api_proxy removed and replaced with product_analytics_internal_preview in GitLab 15.10.
  • product_analytics_internal_preview replaced with product_analytics_dashboards in GitLab 15.11.
  • product_analytics_dashboards enabled by default in GitLab 16.11.
  • Feature flag product_analytics_dashboards removed in GitLab 17.1.
  • Changed to beta in GitLab 17.5 with a flag named product_analytics_features.
The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history. This feature is not ready for production use.
note
Make sure to define the cube_api_base_url and cube_api_key application settings first using the API.

Send query request to Cube

Generate an access token that can be used to query the Cube API. For example: 

POST /projects/:id/product_analytics/request/load
POST /projects/:id/product_analytics/request/dry-run
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project that the current user has read access to.
include_token boolean no Whether to include the access token in the response. (Only required for funnel generation.)

Request body

The body of the load request must be a valid Cube query.

note
When measuring TrackedEvents, you must use TrackedEvents.* for dimensions and timeDimensions. The same rule applies when measuring Sessions.

Tracked events example 

{
  "query": {
    "measures": [
      "TrackedEvents.count"
    ],
    "timeDimensions": [
      {
        "dimension": "TrackedEvents.utcTime",
        "dateRange": "This week"
      }
    ],
    "order": [
      [
        "TrackedEvents.count",
        "desc"
      ],
      [
        "TrackedEvents.docPath",
        "desc"
      ],
      [
        "TrackedEvents.utcTime",
        "asc"
      ]
    ],
    "dimensions": [
      "TrackedEvents.docPath"
    ],
    "limit": 23
  },
  "queryType": "multi"
}

Sessions example 

{
  "query": {
    "measures": [
      "Sessions.count"
    ],
    "timeDimensions": [
      {
        "dimension": "Sessions.startAt",
        "granularity": "day"
      }
    ],
    "order": {
      "Sessions.startAt": "asc"
    },
    "limit": 100
  },
  "queryType": "multi"
}

Send metadata request to Cube

Return Cube Metadata for the Analytics data. For example: 

GET /projects/:id/product_analytics/request/meta
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project that the current user has read access to.