I know there are some examples of data that you can get through the Analytics UI but not through the reporting API, like the User Explorer view.
After digging around a little I have failed to find session quality in the metrics and dimensions -- is this another example of data that is available in the Analytics UI but not in the reporting API? Or is it under another name and I just haven't looked for it the right way?
all the possible reporting API metrics and dimensions are listed at Dimensions & Metrics Explorer so if something is not there then something is not available within API requests . And session quality dimensions and metrics seems not to be there :(
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For some reason PowerBI does not accept GA4 as a connection, so my data is stuck in GA4.
PowerBI does support Universal Analytics (UA), but I cannot find a way to convert my GA property.
Is there a way to do this or should I start over again and create a new property as UA?
PowerBI currently doesn't support GA4 as a destination because the underlying api is not product ready yet. See the response in the microsoft power BI community here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Power-BI-Google-Analytics/td-p/1679530
For information about the api's and their current state:
This is a link to the api documentation the plugin is using (for universal analytics): https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4
This is a link to the api documentation of GA4 (which is still in beta): https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1
Regarding a solution for your issue:
In GA4 is it possible to export data to big query, which can be processed there and imported to PowerBI: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-connect-bigquery
The export only works from the moment you enable it, so it is not possible to access the data this way before the enablement.
Second option is using data studio to connect to your GA4 data to be able to access the data you have measured before.
First off as everyone says you cant change the type of your Google analytics account if it was created as UA then its UA if it was created as GA4 then its GA4. There is also no way to exxport data.
Now lets look at the underlying cause of your problem Google analytics connector in Power BI Desktop rely on the Google Analytics Core Reporting API this API is used to extract data from Google Analytics UA accounts. There is a very big difference between the underlying data structure of a UA account and a GA4 account they are not completable in any way shape or form.
Thats why the Google analytics team is currently developing the Google analytics data api This api has the ability to connect to Google analytics GA4 accounts and extract data. At the time this post was created Power BI Google Analytics The Google analytics data api had just been released and was still in alpha test phase as you can see from the change log this API is still under development. I haven't checked but it looks like it may even be out of beta now. (TBH I am not really sure of the exact date it was released publicly as I have been in the alpha test group for a long time.)
However that being said a lot of the client libraries used by this api are still under development as well Google .Net Client library for Google Analytics Data API for example is still in beta. At the time that post was written i am almost 100% sure the client library had not been released.
This means that any power bi connector is probably not going to be released until both the API and the client library are considered stable. I know the team is working hard on the API and I Haven't seen any breaking changes in a very long time.
So to the user who added a bounty to this looking for an updated answer.
IMO I don't think you have long to wait before everything is stable enough for applications like the Power BI to start appearing that support GA4. That is assuming that someone creates one.
You can't covert GA4 to UA (or UA to GA4).
In your case you can create a new UA Property and start to track in it:
I am trying to access the Google analytics data for Benchmarking reports via API or programmatically
I couldn't find this in the reporting API or metadata API. Am I missing something?
The google analytics website uses the Google analytics api to get its data. So as long as you find the exact same dimensions and metrics you used in the report you are talking about then yes you could recreate the report using the Reporting API. Some of the reports contain calculated fields which you will have to calculate yourself by requesting the data that is needed for the calculation in order to get the correct results.
If you want the actual results to be computed for you and see the graph itself the answer is no. The api is just raw data you have to do all the calculations and display yourself.
I would like to know if it's possible to get the navigation path and timing spent on each page and some information about the client (browser, os, source) using the Google Analytics API. I could store the user id using Google Tag Manager DataLayer.
Is possible to get that information using Google Analytics API? (Another service is also welcome)
The Google analytics api supports a large number of dimensions and metrics which can be extracted. You should consult the dimensions and metrics explorer to see if these suite your needs. Your user id should be saved as a custom dimension if you wish to be able to extract that.
User Timings - Dimensions & Metrics Explorer
Platform or Device - Dimensions & Metrics Explorer
I have a Console App. which downloads the Acquisitions Report by querying the Google Analytics Core API.
Here is a screenshot of my query as shown on Google Analytics Query Explorer:
I am unable to obtain a complete match of Goal Completions data between the API Data Output and the Analytics web interface. The variance is not too high but it exists. The Query Explorer and my Code Extract both match, but again, both of them mismatch with the data shown on the Analytics Web Interface.
All query parameters match 100%; including dates, Profile ID, ..etc.
I read articles online such as this one and this one, which elaborate on the inaccuracy of the Goal Completions data in google analytics, I wonder, could this be likely what is happening here?
Could this be related to bots and spiders? How do I exclude these from the query by using code?
Many thanks.
I know how to use the Google API to access different metrics and dimensions to query for specific data. However, I am faced with a different scenario. I would like to know if there is any mechanism to access the reports/custom reports that are already created using the Google Analytics web user interface.
Our client has created about 15 different reports and now wants us to simply get the data into his own database rather than having to log into the Google Analytics website and run the report and export the data.
Can anyone please guide me on this?
Not sure if this is exactly what you are thinking, but you can always use the Reporting API to extract the data using python/javascript/etc and then store the data locally in your database. For more info, check out the Google Analytics Query Explorer and try out different combinations of dimensions and metrics to be able to extract the data. You can then use any number of different Core Reporting API Client libraries to access the analytics database.