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Add "local time - Day of the Month" as a possible dimension in Custom Report

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#20,950 opened on Jun 29, 2023

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Description

Summary

We previously encountered an issue that the same set of data would look different in Admin UI vs Custom Report

  1. In Admin UI, we can do a segment by website time, let's say a week worth of data, then the we would see 7 different data points (CORRECT)

  2. In Custom Reports, we can do a segment by website time, but since "Day of the Month" is only available in UTC time, we would get a week worth of data spread across 8 different data points (INCORRECT)

We've mitigated this issue temporarily by changing our website time to be UTC to avoid the whole 7-vs-8-data-point problem. However, since our client still assumes the data we're providing data in American time, we're technically providing incorrect data to them.

Therefore, I would like to request to have "local time - Day of the Month" as a possible dimension in Custom Report

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate how existing dimensions like 'Day of the Month' are implemented in Matomo's core and custom reports plugin. Focus on the plugin structure, specifically the API and report classes, to understand how to add a new 'local time' variant. Look at the existing 'local time' dimensions for reference.
Tech stack
phpjavascript
Domain
analyticsbackend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
PHPMatomo plugin development
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50