Product analytics API

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• Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed
• Status: Beta

Version 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.

Use this API to track user behavior and application usage.

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

Request body

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

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