I would like to use Google Dataflow to process Google Analytics data from many websites and store the results in a Google SQL.
But I was doing some research and I couldn't find a way to read the GA data from Google Dataflow directly.
There is one way if you have Google Analytics 360 you can enable the bigQuery integration but I will be using the Free version of Google Analytics not the 360.
Has anybody worked with something similar?
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It would really depend on what type of data you're looking to pull. The GA360 integration with BigQuery extracts all the raw data (hit level) from Google Analytics. There is no way to do the same thing with the free version of Google Analytics.
However, you should be able to write your own Apache Beam Source that pulls data from Google Analytics using the Reporting API. Of course you would be restricted by the API limits.
As I mentioned in the beginning of my answer, this all depends on what type of data you're trying to get at. Aggregated/high-level data should be possible but granular/hit-level data won't.
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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:
Do you know if there is a test data-set for google analytics you can use? Basically, I want to try a new thing with our new student-worker at my work. The person is completely new to google analytics, and I wanted to set up a test environment, where the person can get comfortable with google analytics not fearing for making mistakes and begin to move over to our company's google analytics over the next couple of weeks.
Thank you!
You can access the Google Analytics Demo account. The data comes from the Google Merchandise store. There are some limitations to the access. For example, it is read only and you don't have API access.
I believe you are looking for this, Google Analytics sample dataset for BigQuery: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7586738?hl=en
The sample dataset provides an obfuscated Google Analytics 360 dataset that can be accessed via BigQuery. It’s a great way to look at business data and experiment and learn the benefits of analyzing Google Analytics 360 data in BigQuery.
Google analytics api V4- I can't see historical data
Which may be the reason that I can only see data through the API from a certain date.
From GA, I can see everything without a problem.
What can be the reason that the data is only available from 2018?
I think I found the reason, data settings in GA - Administration -> Service -> Data storage.
I will see after 24h whether they will be visible.
I am looking for a way to write data extracted from Google BigQuery to Analytics platform.
I have tried finding out documentation or API to write the data to Analytics Platform. It seems only read property for reporting is available.
Links:- https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/rest/
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/analyticsreporting/v4/
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/quickstart/service-py
You can use the Google Analytics Measurement Protocol to write data to GA properties.
Is there any way to perform Server-side event tracking?
Every call to my Firebase function, has to go through multiple steps. I couldn't monitor it through console logs. Actually I need to prepare an report at end of every week and month.
Looking for the better way to do this. Is there any better tool available other than Google Analytics?
Appreciate your help!
As of late 2020 it is possible to log events from server-side code with the Analytics Data API and the GA4 Measurement Protocol documentation on sending events with this REST API, which you can use from Cloud Functions (and almost any other environment).
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There is no server-side API for Google Analytics for Firebase.
Some options to consider:
Insert events directly from the clients that also trigger the Cloud Functions.
Use regular Google Analytics for these stats.
Insert the events into BigQuery and use Data Studio for reporting.