When importing Instagram Insights data into BigQuery using Dataslayer, you may encounter an "invalid parameters combination" error if you select certain dimensions and metrics that cannot be queried together.

The "invalid parameters combination" error comes from the native data source API, not from Dataslayer.

Data sources group metrics and dimensions into groups. All metrics in the same group will have the same compatibility with metrics in other groups.

To avoid this error, you can import the following tables:

Account data

Example:

Account data table
Dimensions
user id
biography
username
name
website
date
Metrics
email contacts
current followers
current follows
new followers
profile directions link clicks
profile impressions
profile phone call clicks
profile views
profile reach
profile text message clicks
profile website clicks

Media data

Example:

Media data table
Dimensions
user id
username
name
media caption
media id
media permalink
media shortcode
media thumbnail url (video only)
media thumbnail
media url
media type
website
date
Metrics
profile impressions
media comments
media engagements
media impressions
media likes
media reach
media unique saves
story exits
story reach
story replies
story taps back
story taps forward
video views

Age and gender data

Example:

Age and gender data table
Dimensions
age of followers
gender of followers
date
Metrics
current followers

City of followers data

Example:

City of followers data table
Dimensions
user id
city of followers
date
Metrics
current followers

Updated on: 26/09/2023