How To Create a View in Google Analytics

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to create a custom view in Google Analytics 4 by configuring dimensions and filters on an Events report, then saving it as a reusable report in your Library. Once saved, the report can be added to a collection so it appears in the Reports navigation for your entire team.

Steps

1. Go to Reports in the left pane.
2. Find and select Events under Engagement.
3. Click on the Pencil Icon on the top right to open the report editor.
4. Review the customisation panel to see what you can include in your view.
5. Click on Dimensions to expand the dimension settings.
6. Click on the Select dimension dropdown to choose a dimension.
7. Select Country as the dimension to filter data by a specific country.
8. Set the condition to Country exactly matches United States.
9. Add more dimensions as needed, or click the Delete button to keep only one.
10. Review the quick summary of your view displayed below the editor.
11. Hit Save to open the save options.
12. Choose Save as a new report to create a separate saved report.
13. Give the report a recognisable name and hit Save.
14. Navigate to Library in the Reports page.
15. Hit Edit Collection under Life cycle to open the collection editor.
16. Find your new report and drag it to the left column of the collection.
17. Drop the report into position in the left column.
18. Finally hit Save to publish the collection with your new view.