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    Dimension: date

    In this topic, you will learn about the Analytics API date dimension. The date dimension returns analytics for a single day. The user can specify the from and to parameters in yyyy-mm-dd format. This enables a user to query the analytics system to generate a report by days within the from and to date range. Any date range specified by the user will be interpreted to the current timezone for the account. The date ranges for the request are inclusive, exclusive i.e. if the user makes a request from=2013-09-24&to=2013-09-27, the response will include results from 2013-09-24 00:00:00 to 2013-09-27 00:00:00.

    URL parameters

    Analytics API reports support the following URL parameters.

    URL Parameters
    Parameter Description Required Values Default
    account The accounts you want to report on yes one or more account ids as a comma-delimited list none
    dimensions The dimension(s) to report on yes one or more dimensions as a comma-delimited list (some combinations are not valid) none
    limit Number of items to return no positive integer 10
    offset Number of items to skip no positive integer 0
    sort Field to sort items on no a valid field for the request video_view
    fields Fields to return no varies according to the dimension you are reporting on video_view
    format Format to return results in no json | csv | xlxs json
    reconciled If included, will limit results to either historical or realtime data no true | false true
    from The beginning of the date range for the request no An ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD), epoch time in milliseconds, the string alltime, or relative date (-1m); only dates within the past 32 days are allowed for engagement endpoints or if reconciled=false. 30 days prior to now
    to The end of the date range for the request no An ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD), epoch time in milliseconds, the string now, or relative data (+7d); only dates within the past 32 days are allowed for engagement endpoints or if reconciled=false. now

    Fields available

    The following fields can be returned for the dimension.

    • ad_mode_begin - the number of times the player entered ad mode
    • ad_mode_complete - the number of times the player completed ad mode
    • active_media - the number of active videos in the account
    • bytes_delivered - total bytes delivered to client machines for the player and associated media
    • daily_unique_viewers - average daily unique users
    • date - the date in ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD) format
    • drm_bytes_packaged - the number of DRM bytes packaged
    • engagement_score - the average engagement score for videos
    • licenses_served - the number of DRM licenses served
    • live_seconds_streamed - the total number of live streaming seconds delivered
    • play_request - total number of times video playback was requested
    • play_rate - the average play rate (video views divided by impressions) for videos
    • player_load - the total number of player loads
    • video_engagement_1 - the total number of views at the 1 percent point of video duration
    • video_engagement_100 - the total number of views at the 100 percent point of video duration
    • video_engagement_25 - the total number of views at the 25 percent point of video duration
    • video_engagement_50 - the total number of views at the 50 percent point of video duration
    • video_engagement_75 - the total number of views at the 75 percent point of video duration
    • video_impression - the total number of times videos were loaded into players
    • video_percent_viewed - total percent viewed for all video views (a sum, not an average)
    • video_seconds_viewed - the total seconds viewed for all videos
    • video_view - the total number of times video playback began

    Filter values

    Used as a filter, a dimension allows you to narrow the results.

    Filter values: The date dimension is not used as a filter.

    Combining dimensions

    To see what dimensions this on can be combined with, and what fields are available for the combination, see Dimension and Fields.

    Request Examples

    Dimension request

        https://analytics.api.brightcove.com/v1/data?accounts=1752604059001&dimensions=date

    Filter request

        Not applicable

    Response

        Response will appear here when you test a request