Facebook total number of posts in Google Data Studio
Hi there,
I would like to add the total number of posts by page admins for a given (monthly) period. Unfortunately I don't find a matching metric in the tool.
Can you help me there? This would be great as Interactions and Engagement Rate are bound to the number of posts so that would be a valid metric to add to my report.
Thanks,
Alice
Hi,
thanks for your question.
A metric for total amount of posts for a date range does unfortunately not exist directly in Facebook API. I have anyway added this as a feature request, but it will likely not be implemented very soon.
Please use a table graph to get your posts, and look at the row amount to see the amount of posts.
Best,
Supermetrics team
Hi there,
But there is. There's the URL https://graph.facebook.com/v3.2/{page_id}/published_posts/
And it's possible to ask for the total count for a time period by specifying: summary=total_count
Could you maybe have another go at this?
Best Regards,
Martin
Hi Martin,
thanks for your message.
I'll forward this tip to our developers to see if they would be willing to add the field for Post Count.
Meanwhile, I hope you noticed our workaround: https://support.supermetrics.com/support/solutions/articles/19000090790-how-do-i-get-the-count-of-posts-in-data-studio-
Best,
Heidi / Supermetrics
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Thank you for that! However, it does not seem possible to use this in a Scorecard because it's not really a metric. Am I right?
Hi Martin,
That is true, you are right. You'll need to add it to a graph that contains some metrics.
Best,
Heidi / Supermetrics
I think I figured it out by doing this (introducing a metric into the calculated field): Comments on post - Comments on post + (SUM(CASE WHEN Post ID IS NULL THEN 0 ELSE 1 END))
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this is genius thanks!
I'm confused. Could someone share the instructions step by step to show number of posts per page in a given date range?
Hi Delaina,
The instructions can be found here:
https://support.supermetrics.com/support/solutions/articles/19000090790-how-do-i-get-the-count-of-posts-in-data-studio-
If there seems to be errors or issues in getting the post count, you can always contact us through a private support ticket, and we'll be happy to help.
Best,
Heidi / Supermetrics team
@Martin you are brilliant! Thank you so much!!