Date comparison

Date comparison allows you to compare query results between two date ranges.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`compare_type` (string)	Optional. Date range comparison type. Defaults to none. See comparison types.
`compare_show` (string)	Optional. Display type for comparison values. Defaults to perc_change. See display types.
`compare_start_date` (string)	Conditional. When compare_type is custom, fixed or relative start date for your comparison date range. See date strings.
`compare_end_date` (string)	Conditional. When compare_type is custom, fixed or relative end date for your comparison date range. See date strings.

Type	Description
`custom`	Custom date range
`prev_range`	Previous period of same length
`prev_year`	Same period but a year ago
`prev_year_weekday`	Same period a year ago, matching day of week

Type	Description
`perc_change`	Percentage change to comparison value. Default.
`abs_change`	Absolute change to comparison value
`value`	Show the value we are comparing with

Compare query to previous date range of the same length, and add columns to see how much the metric values have changed, as percentages.

{"compare_type":"prev_range"}