{
  "kind": "query_reference",
  "dataset": "analytics_<property_id>",
  "tables": [
    "events_YYYYMMDD (Daily)",
    "events_intraday_YYYYMMDD (Streaming; deleted once the daily table is complete)"
  ],
  "key_columns": [
    "event_date (STRING, YYYYMMDD)",
    "event_timestamp (INTEGER, microseconds, UTC)",
    "event_name (STRING)",
    "event_params (RECORD, repeated: key + value.string_value/int_value/double_value/float_value)",
    "event_value_in_usd (FLOAT)"
  ],
  "key_point": "No column marks a row as a key event. Filter event_name against the key-event list from Admin.",
  "query": "SELECT event_name, COUNT(*) AS event_count FROM `my-project.analytics_123456789.events_20261110` WHERE event_name IN ('purchase', 'generate_lead') GROUP BY event_name",
  "value_query": "SELECT value.double_value FROM `my-project.analytics_123456789.events_20261110`, UNNEST(event_params) AS p WHERE event_name = 'purchase' AND p.key = 'value'",
  "update_window": "Daily tables are updated with events for up to three days after the date of the events",
  "guide": "key-events-in-bigquery-export",
  "title": "Find your key events in the BigQuery export: filter by event name, because there is no key-event column",
  "worked_example": {
    "table": "events_20261110",
    "rows": [
      {
        "event_name": "page_view",
        "rows": 11240,
        "share_percent": "88.1"
      },
      {
        "event_name": "session_start",
        "rows": 1240,
        "share_percent": "9.7"
      },
      {
        "event_name": "purchase",
        "rows": 184,
        "share_percent": "1.4"
      },
      {
        "event_name": "generate_lead",
        "rows": 96,
        "share_percent": "0.8"
      }
    ],
    "total_rows": 12760,
    "key_event_rows": 280,
    "key_event_share_percent": "2.2",
    "purchase_values": [
      "129.90",
      "30.03",
      "72.05",
      "56.96"
    ],
    "purchase_value_total": "288.94"
  },
  "verification": "Figures recomputed in Python 3 with decimal arithmetic, 2026-11-11. No live GA4 run."
}