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# Get Competitive Visibility Benchmark

> Compare your domain's Shopping visibility trend with the category benchmark for a country, traffic source, and date range

Compare your domain's Shopping visibility trend with the category benchmark for a country, traffic source, and date range.

|                      |                                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **App**              | Google Merchant Center                     |
| **Operation ID**     | `gmc_get_competitive_visibility_benchmark` |
| **Type**             | Action                                     |
| **Connection**       | `gmc` (required)                           |
| **Credits per run**  | 1                                          |
| **Agent / MCP tool** | Yes                                        |

## Inputs

| Field                 | Type                                | Required | Default | Description                                                  |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------- | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `account`             | DynamicAccount                      | Yes      | -       | Select one Google Merchant Center account                    |
| `date_range`          | DateRange                           | Yes      | -       | Date range for the report.                                   |
| `fields`              | array of string or SelectableOption | Yes      | -       | Fields to include in the report.                             |
| `report_country_code` | string                              | Yes      | -       | Two-letter ISO 3166 country code where impressions appeared. |
| `report_category_id`  | string                              | Yes      | -       | Google product category ID used to calculate visibility.     |
| `traffic_source`      | enum (`ORGANIC`, `ADS`, `ALL`)      | Yes      | -       | Traffic source included in the visibility report.            |
| `limit`               | integer                             | No       | -       | Maximum number of rows to return.                            |

### DateRange

| Field     | Type           | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `start`   | string         | No       | -       | The start date of the date range to query, format: YYYY-MM-DD or dynamic node reference like \{\{nodeId\_\_data.start\_date}}. Required when preset is 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `end`     | string         | No       | -       | The end date of the date range to query, format: YYYY-MM-DD or dynamic node reference like \{\{nodeId\_\_data.end\_date}}. Required when preset is 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM'.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `preset`  | string         | No       | -       | Predefined date ranges or input modes: - Use 'FIXED' or leave empty when you want to specify exact dates (YYYY-MM-DD format) in start/end fields - Use 'CUSTOM' when you want to use dynamic values from other nodes (\{\{nodeId\_\_data.start\_date}} format) in start/end fields - Use other presets (TODAY, YESTERDAY, LAST\_7\_DAYS, etc.) for predefined date ranges (start/end will be ignored) When using 'FIXED' or 'CUSTOM', both start and end fields are required. |
| `compare` | CompareOptions | No       | -       | Optional comparison date range settings. ALWAYS use this field for comparisons; DO NOT create additional requests or nodes, as the backend returns current, comparison, and delta metrics in a single call.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

### SelectableOption

| Field   | Type   | Required | Default | Description |
| ------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| `value` | string | Yes      | -       |             |
| `label` | string | Yes      | -       |             |

### CompareOptions

| Field                   | Type   | Required | Default      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `start`                 | string | No       | -            | The start date of the comparison range, format: YYYY-MM-DD. Optional if preset is provided.                                                                                                                                                               |
| `end`                   | string | No       | -            | The end date of the comparison range, format: YYYY-MM-DD. Optional if preset is provided.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `preset`                | string | No       | -            | Predefined comparison ranges. When provided, start and end will be ignored.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `comparison_format`     | string | No       | `rows`       | Comparison output layout: 'rows' returns separate rows for current, comparison, and delta along with date ranges; 'columns' returns a single row with delta values only as additional \*\_pct or \*\_change columns depending on comparison\_value\_type. |
| `comparison_value_type` | string | No       | `percentage` | Value type: 'percentage' or 'absolute'                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Output

**Type**: `List[Dict]`

Returns your visibility trend and the category benchmark trend by date.

**Fields**: dynamic (depend on the inputs)