Working with multiple Google Analytics accounts, properties and views in Analytics Canvas

Ameet WadhwaniAnalytics Canvas pro tips, Analytics Canvas Tool, Multiple GA Accounts

Working with multiple Google Analytics accounts, properties and views in Analytics Canvas If you have multiple Google Analytics accounts, profiles and views under your Google account, you may find your way deep into an analysis on one set of profiles and decide that you want to replicate the analysis for other accounts and profiles.  Other times you simply want to …

Analytics Canvas V1.6.4 released with Automation Wizard

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Automation, Data warehousing

Are you spending huge amounts of time just getting the data ready, rather than actually doing analysis? You can eliminate mindless work by automating your data extraction using Analytics Canvas Automation Wizard. Imagine coming in on Monday morning and being able to get right into analysis- rather than first having to spend hours or days exporting, cleaning and combining data …

New Google Analytics Dimensions and Metrics- Analytics Canvas V1.6.3 has them

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Google Analytics API

Today Google announced 40 new dimensions and metrics that are now available in the Google Analytics API, and we’re pleased to release Analytics Canvas V1.6.3 that provides access to all of them. Our clients expect us to keep up with the API in all respects, and we’re proud to be able to same day release new features thanks to being …

Google Analytics and Google BigQuery- Oh My!

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Google Analytics Premium, Google BigQuery

Googles announcement at Google IO that session and hit data was going to be available in Google BigQuery marks a significant milestone in Google Analytics relentless drive into the Enterprise analytics market. UPDATE: Check out how Analytics Canvas is the tool for BigQuery GA Premium integration with SQL Generation. Google mentions a number of scenarios that become possible with this …

How to eliminate sampling by using the Google Analytics API

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Avoiding sampling, Google Analytics Premium

Sampling can drastically reduce the accuracy of data queried from Google Analytics, but by using the API in many cases it can be eliminated. Google Analytics is clearly an enterprise capable analytics platform. As higher and higher traffic websites take advantage of its features, Google has put in place some limits on how much data can be included in a …

Analytics Canvas Advanced Funnel Analysis

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, ecommerce

Funnel analysis is a key part of ecommerce analytics, and being able to understand how your visitors move through your cart and checkout process (and where they leave) is a key part of optimizing any website. Google Analytics has some good functionality in this area, letting you see how many users are moving through your funnels for a given date …

Analytics Canvas V1.6 Released- Cost upload, advanced funnels and easy access to hundreds of GA profiles

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, ecommerce, Google Analytics API

We are pleased to announce the latest release of Analytics Canvas, with new features and upgrades that provide even more powerful access to your analytics data. Google Analytics Cost upload and Bing Ads API connectivity Advanced funnel Analysis Enhanced GA profile management for those accessing hundreds of profiles at once Advanced query partitioning to avoid sampling Cost Upload into Google …

Avoiding sampling in Google Analytics for your year end reporting

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Avoiding sampling, Google Analytics API

Are you working on year end reporting? If you use Google Analytics, and had more than 500,000 visitors this year and want to use an advanced segment in your reporting (and you should use segments, because segments rock) then it means it is also time to deal with sampling. A query trying to see Non-paid search by source ignores 94% …

Analytics Canvas at the Google Analytics Summit 2012

James StandenAnalytics Canvas Tool, Google Analytics API, Google Analytics Premium

Last week in Mountainview at the Computer science history museum, Google analytics certified partners, Google Analytics Premium customers, Googlers and a select group of five software vendors attended the annual Google Analytics Summit. Analytics Canvas was proud to have been invited again this year by Google to present our latest version and participate. This was a particularly exciting summit, as …