Create Dimension option in Workspace | Community
Skip to main content
New Participant
February 22, 2018
New

Create Dimension option in Workspace

  • February 22, 2018
  • 12 replies
  • 19645 views

I'm new to Adobe Analytics, currently migrating from Webtrends.

Only very few things work better in Webtrends than in Adobe.

But the one feature that have surprised me most, not being available in Adobe is the option to Create a Dimension.

In Workspace i can create a metric, a segment and a date range. But not a dimension - something i would see as one of the most essential thing.

My idea is to add a feature where i can create a dimension, in the same way as i would create a segment or a Metric.

It would work in the exact same way as when i'm creating a segment.

I select "+ New" and select "Create Dimension".

I then select a other Dimension, as the basic for the new one, and add it to the definition

A new Dimension will in most cases be a subset of a existing Dimension.

So in the most simple solution i would do a condition on the dimension it self, and that it.

But it can also be a case where i want to define the sub-set on the relation to a other dimension or metric,

A basic example below  - it's essential a segment on a dimension, but where i can use it as a new dimension, and see the values form the original dimension. 

This is something i have been used to do in Webtrends. I know the same can be done with Dimensions and Segments, but it would be better with a option to create Dimensions.

I't seems like the entire UI is in place for this, so i assume it is a technical limitations that prevent this from being made.

But i hope it's on the roadmap.

12 replies

Urs_Boller
New Participant
February 22, 2018

Rune.Andersen​ maybe i missed something but can‘t you use Classifications?

those let you create new dimensions based ob existing ones, either by upload values or by rule sets. after this, just use them as new dimensions in your reports or segments...

i know, not as easy as creating a segment ...

trevor-paulsen
Employee
February 22, 2018

Really love this idea - in fact, it's similar to something we presented at a "sneak peak" at a session at Adobe's Summit conference last year. You're right about the technical challenges, this is a tough one to do. That said, we're developing a few features (like Report Time Processing) that will make this possible one day.

For now, I recommend using segments to help you filter down your dimensions to just the values you like!