I'm not having much luck with this sort of thing either. I agree too with difficulty in trying to find real person to ask anything of...and not just being directed to irrelevant info.
sorry, no answer for you, just another question...
"Connect your Google Search Console account
The Search keywords panel shows how visitors locate your site. Connect and verify your site in this panel and return later to review the data:
In the Home menu, click Analytics.
Click Search keywords.
Click Connect in the panel's pop-up...."
what pop-up saying connect?
there is none...
Does anyone know what I need to do?
Alison