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How to Customise Your Matomo Dashboard Using Custom Dimensions (Beginner to Advanced Guide)
Customise Your Matomo Dashboard Using Custom Dimensions
Matomo is a powerful, privacy-focused analytics platform, but many teams only use its basic reports. If your dashboard still shows only generic pageviews and events, you’re missing Matomo’s real power.
The secret weapon? Custom Dimensions.
In this guide, you’ll learn what Custom Dimensions are, why they matter, and step-by-step how to use them to build meaningful dashboards even if you’re a beginner.
Note: To create custom dimension, you need admin access
What Are Custom Dimensions in Matomo?
Custom Dimensions let you track business-specific information that default analytics cannot capture.
Matomo normally tracks:
- Page URL
- Page Title
- Events
- Downloads
- Visits
But real businesses need context like
- User role (Admin / Guest)
- Product type
- Module name
- Plan type
- Feature usage









