This article gives you tips for building queries and reports that return the data you need, including how the API of this data source handles certain fields and metrics.
If you’re connecting to Google Search Console, follow the instructions in our connection guide. See Google Search Console metrics and dimensions for the fields available in this data source.
Request limits and recommended refresh rate
Request limit: See Google’s documentation for usage limits
API delay: 2 days
Recommended refresh window: 4 days
Historical range
With the Google Search Console data source connector, the data is available for the last 16 months.
Accounts in Google Search Console
In the Google Search Console connector, each Site is considered a separate account within the connection.
Your Supermetrics subscription determines the number of data source accounts you can use simultaneously.
Things to consider
Inconsistencies in Google Search Console and Supermetrics
In several cases, the main part of the table details in the Google Search Console UI does not align with the API. However, if you check the pop-up that appears when you hover on the graph, those daily details are correct and match the API. We’re not clear why this is the case, but if there are discrepancies with no other explanation, validate against the pop-up version of the data rather than the table view. If that matches, report the UI issue to Google to resolution.
Using the Path dimension changes impression aggregation
The Path dimension can produce different impression totals than what you see in Google Search Console.
This happens because Path strips out URL parameters, or everything after the "?", before aggregating the data. Google Search Console's Pages report, on the other hand, shows the full URL. For example, if www.foo-bar.com?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc has its own impressions in Google Search Console, that traffic gets folded into the homepage path (/) when you aggregate by Path. As a result, the impression count for / can end up higher than what Google Search Console shows for the homepage alone.