Custom Data Sources

The customDataSources collection is a set of customDataSource resources, each of which describes a custom data source available to an authenticated user.

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

JSON template for an Analytics custom data source.

{
  "id": string,
  "kind": "analytics#customDataSource",
  "selfLink": string,
  "accountId": string,
  "webPropertyId": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "type": string,
  "uploadType": "analytics#uploads",
  "importBehavior": "OVERWRITE",
  "importBehavior": "SUMMATION",
  "uploadType": "analytics#dailyUploads",
  "profilesLinked": [
    string
  ],
  "created": datetime,
  "updated": datetime,
  "parentLink": {
    "type": "analytics#webproperty",
    "href": string
  },
  "childLink": {
    "type": "analytics#dailyUploads",
    "href": string
  },
  "childLink": {
    "type": "analytics#uploads",
    "href": string
  }
}

Property name	Value	Description	Notes
accountId	string	Account ID to which this custom data source belongs.
childLink	object
childLink.href	string	Link to the list of uploads for this custom data source.
childLink.type	string	Value is "analytics#uploads".
created	datetime	Time this custom data source was created.
description	string	Description of custom data source.
id	string	Custom data source ID.
importBehavior	string	How cost data metrics are treated when there are duplicate keys. If this property is set to "SUMMATION" the values are added; if this property is set to "OVERWRITE" the most recent value overwrites the existing value.
kind	string	Resource type for Analytics custom data source.
name	string	Name of this custom data source.
parentLink	object	Parent link for this custom data source. Points to the web property to which this custom data source belongs.
parentLink.href	string	Link to the web property to which this custom data source belongs.
parentLink.type	string	Value is "analytics#webproperty".
profilesLinked[]	list	IDs of views (profiles) linked to the custom data source.
schema[]	list	Collection of schema headers of the custom data source.
selfLink	string	Link for this Analytics custom data source.
type	string	Type of the custom data source.
updated	datetime	Time this custom data source was last modified.
uploadType	string	The resource type with which the custom data source can be used to upload data; it can have the values "analytics#uploads" or "analytics#dailyUploads". Custom data sources with this property set to "analytics#dailyUploads" are deprecated and should be migrated using the uploads resource.
webPropertyId	string	Web property ID of the form UA-XXXXX-YY to which this custom data source belongs.

Methods

list

List custom data sources to which the user has access.