Break down in Map Overlay report is only available for United States by default.

As we have already shown, it’s still possible to get regions, such as Canadian provinces, with a custom report on region dimension. However, this is not the best in a usability point of view.

Greasemonkey script to add region drill down in Google Analytics

In order to remove this limitation, we have created a GreaseMonkey script that simply adds the missing link for any country. Better: it also works for continents. As you can see below, it simply adds a link labelled “region” next to available break downs.

How to install the script?

First, you need Firefox. If it’s not already done, you should really consider installing it. It’s the best - if not the only one - for any web analyst who wants to do serious QA.

Second, you need GreaseMonkey plugin. What’s this? It’s a very cool plugin that runs custom scripts intended to modify any web page, such as adding a region link within Google Analytics.

Third, you need to install the script.

That’s it!

This post was written by Alex