I want to update from Google Classic Analytics to Universal. I have two accounts (One Universal, one Classic) that I want to run on the same website at the same time to compare.
Universal has E-Com Enhanced set up.
Is there any risk in the Classic data being changed or compromised?
So long as they are reporting to separate Properties, there should be no trouble. The only problem would be if you had multiple classic codes.
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032400?hl=en
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Following this
question I want to ask one more clarification:
I have a project. An application that I host on two different machines with two different domains for two different clients.
I have two applications registered in the Google Analytics portal.
Can I add the both tags as explained in the linked question and will I get data for the different application depending on which server I have hosted the app or, no matter the client, if I log into the first system, i will be registered on the second as well?
I am asking as the project is already build and packaged when I do the differentiation which goes to which server and am looking for quicker solution.
A quicker solution would be using one GA property for tracking all your applications and having a user-level custom dimension there indicating which application it is.
An alternative, would be using N properties each for its own application and then use a rollup property: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6096167?hl=en
Your case doesn't sound like a case justifying using two properties at the same time on each of the apps. Please elaborate your case better if you still believe you have to use double tracking. Double tracking is a brutish solution and there are almost always more elegant solutions.
I have an application that is available on multiple platforms:
web
desktop/native (Windows / macOS)
phone/tablet (Android / iOS)
The front-end of all platforms is shared. It's built with React.
Right now, all analytics data is sent to the same account/property/view.
I want to have precise data about the usage and user technology (operative systems, versions, etc) of my desktop apps. Because, if I see the operative systems or global usage, I don't know which data is from the web application and which data is from the desktop/native app.
I would like to do the same for the mobile apps, because I want to have views with only data from the native apps, and not from users accessing my web app on mobile devices.
But, I would also want to have an overall view, so that I can see the global usage without having to sum the values from different views.
What is the best way to split the data and achieve what I want/need?
Thank you.
Unfortunately this is not available in Google Analytics you would have to use Google Analytics Reporting API to merge the data.
If you are using Google Analytics 360 (Premium), you have the option to use Roll Up property. Even then you won't be able to use Firebase Analytics in Roll Up properties.
Roll-Up Reporting aggregates data from multiple Analytics properties and lets you see that data together in the same reports.
Roll-Up Reporting comprises two types of properties:
Source Properties: Individual Analytics properties that include data from a single site, app, or internet-connected device.
Roll-Up Properties: Properties that serve as aggregators of the data from multiple Source Properties.
Official guide to Roll Up Properties
I am wanting to upgrade a site to universal analytics, which is a simple process. But it will be too time consuming to go though our content management system and pick out every single copy of the old code "_gaq.push..." etc (I will be doing my best here but we have a massive amount of legacy HTML in our content management software).
I am wondering if one of the older code snippets appears for our customers will it cause a javascript error in the browser or will universal analytics just ignore it. And if we get a javascript error on a page we will stop the site working on that page for users, as we use a lot of javascript on the site.
In phase 1 of the switch to universal analytics https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/upgrade/#phase-1 Google mentions that the older code will be valid for a period. Can we use a bit of both or do we have to stick to one or the other.
Here are a few helpful resources pertaining to the migration process, which will hopefully answer your questions.
http://blog.kissmetrics.com/universal-analytics/
http://www.swellpath.com/2013/11/migrating-upgrading-universal-analytics/
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1032400?hl=en
Generally speaking, it's better to have just one version of the code running so that your data is consistent. Given this opportunity, you should also consider using GTM which streamlines your analytics management process. It may take a slightly larger effort but it pays off in the end.
Hope this helps.
I recently needed to enable Demographics and Interest Reporting on a website which had already upgraded to the Universal tracking code. Since the universal tracking code isn't set to support Demographic and Interest Reports until Phase 3, I decided to create a new Google Analytics property for the same site.
The site, SEOcial, is now simultaneously running the universal tracking code and the classic tracking code with Demographics and Interest Reporting enabled to two different Google Analytics Properties using the same url. Should I manually change the Classic analytics property code to the same property as the universal analytics code?
I am a little concerned because I was unable to find a definitive answer to whether this would work or not. I'd like to make sure this will not harm the site's statistics. Has anyone done this before or something similar? Can you please shed some light on what is the best way to enable demographic and interest reporting on a property using a universal analytics?
don't change the Classic code UA property - it should be different from the Universal Analytics one. Keep it as you have it now.
For reference, check this video by GA Product Manager Nick Mihailovski (around 12')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZIBg7vM-I
Like Maggieto said, they should have unique UA IDs. I am running classic and universal on a couple of our client sites at the moment and it does not affect the data. However, I do see a discrepancy in the data reported by each implementation.
Are you seeing a discrepancy here as well? And if so, which implementation is reporting more traffic?
What are available options of intranet-hosted (e.g. not Google Analytics) usage tracking tools for web application? This application is written in ASP.NET and used in intranet. So ideally if hosted part would be on .NET for consistency. I want to see where user clicks, what pages visit, what buttons clicks.
i can only recommend Piwik, which i used for some time, and produced great results (and it is open-source!)
Is there any reason you wouldn't use SaaS version for usage tracking?
Commercial solutions such as Totango (my company) honor your privacy and confidentiality.