Bot name
The ‘Bot name’ dimension shows the names of bots that were detected using Bot rules. These rules can be default IAB rules, or custom bot rules that your organization configures. It is helpful in cases where you want to learn more about what bots are visiting your site, or which bots generate the most traffic.
Hits that match Bot rules are automatically filtered out of all of Analytics reporting with exception to this dimension, Bot occurrences, and Bot page views. You can use this dimension and these two metrics to see what bot data is excluded from the rest of your reports.
Since bot reporting is separated from the rest of your report suite data, only the following dimensions and metrics are supported with this dimension:
- Page
- Time-based dimensions (for example, Day, Week, or Month)
- Bot occurrences
- Bot page views
Using any other dimension or metric with this dimension does not return data.
Populate this dimension with data
If you have enabled Bot rules, this dimension automatically collects data. If you have not yet enabled Bot rules, this dimension does not appear in Analysis Workspace.
Dimension items
Each dimension item lists the name of the bot that matched IAB or custom bot rule criteria.