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Save the report in GA4

The Keyword Hero report in Google Analytics opens with the right settings only when you open it from the app. Save it as your own report once, and it sits in the Google Analytics sidebar for you and for everyone with access to the property.

Time: about 10 minutes · You need: edit rights on the Keyword Hero property

1. Open the report from the app

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Open the project in the Keyword Hero app and choose View in Google Analytics, at the bottom left, or open the three-dot menu at the top right.

The project overview in the app with the View in Google Analytics button.

2. Save it as a new report

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  1. Click the pencil icon, Customize report, at the top right.

    The Keyword Hero report in GA4 with the Customize report pencil icon highlighted.

  2. Choose Save → Save as new report.

  3. Give it a name, such as Keyword Hero, and choose Save.

3. Put back the right conversions metric

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  1. In the editor, open Metrics under Report data.

  2. Remove Conversions, with a capital C, using its x.

    The metrics list in the report editor with the Conversions metric and its remove button highlighted.

  3. Choose Add metric and pick conversions, with a lowercase c, from the custom metrics. Type its name if it is not in view.

    The Add metric dropdown with the lowercase conversions custom metric selected.

  4. Check that the custom metrics for your own key events are there as well, such as conversions_demo_booked and revenue_demo_booked. Add any that are missing the same way.

  5. Choose Apply, then Save → Save changes to current report.

  6. Leave the editor with Back. If Google Analytics asks whether to discard changes, the save did not work. Save again.

4. Add it to a collection

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A saved report lives in the library until you add it to a collection.

  1. Open Reports → Library.

    The Reports section of GA4 with the Library link at the bottom left.

  2. On the collection you want, such as Life cycle, choose Edit collection. Only published collections appear in the sidebar.

  3. Drag your report into a topic, such as Acquisition.

    The collection editor with the Keyword Hero report being dragged into the Acquisition topic.

  4. Choose Save, then Back. If you saved it as a new collection, publish it.

Check it worked

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The report appears under the topic you chose in the Google Analytics sidebar, and its conversions column matches the conversions in the Keyword Hero app for the same days, three days earlier. See Data freshness.

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