For the very first time, it is now possible to UPLOAD data into GA. Consolidation of cost data is key for anyone wanting to optimize their return on investment in digital marketing campaigns. Now for the first time, campaigns using AdWords, the Yahoo/Bing ad network, or any other other Ad system with exportable data can get a complete view of …
Today Google announced more than forty new dimensions and metrics available in the Google analytics API. We are pleased to also announce the release of Analytics Canvas V1.5, that has full access to all of them. We’ll be looking into the different metrics in more detail- but here’s our take on what we think is most interesting in these new …
Today Google announced that the Multi-channel funnel (MCF) data within Google analytics is now available to export with the API. And today we are releasing V1.4 of Analytics Canvas, with full support. What does this mean? It means you can now understand your conversions and how people are getting to your site like never before. It also means now you …
While usually the most important and valuable analysis is ad-hoc, and done by an analyst, very often there is the need for scheduled exports and reporting of Google Analytics data. Google Analytics provides some automation capabilities for custom reports, for a limited number of dimensions and metrics, but of course the results are subject to sampling (fast access mode). The …
Are you concerned that suddenly you are not getting any iPad and iPhone traffic on your website? Don’t panic- on May 29, there was clearly a change in how the Operating System dimension was populated when tracking mobile traffic. The previously used values “iPad” and “iPhone” are gone, and have been replaced with “iOS”. While this change definately makes more …
We are pleased to announce the release of Analytics Canvas V1.3.0 Analytics Canvas is a powerful platform for extracting data from Google Analytics using the API, as well as other data sources, and creating visual data analysis that can be run automatically. Pull data from hundreds of Google analytics accounts at once Combine, segment, filter and transform data both from …
We’re excited to announce that we’re looking for an intern for the summer to help us spread the word about Analytics Canvas, as well as help us manage the growing amount of way cool data crunching we’re doing for our clients. If you (or someone you know) is looking for a chance to get some real world experience in a …
Mark Twain popularised the expression “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics”. It is a phrase that I think reminds us that when working with numbers, we have to be careful with the analysis we do. Statistical sampling is a very valid way to come up with accurate, useful measurement from very large sets of data. …
Extraction time reduced by up to 50% nModal Solutions is pleased to announce the release of the public Beta of V1.3 of Analytics Canvas, which takes full advantage of the new Google Analytics Core Reporting API announced today. We’d like to thank Google for having granted us early access to the API, as it is our goal to always deliver …
We all love Google Analytics- it is a wonderful tool, great features, great price, but if you have a high traffic website, it won’t always give you all your data. So how do you avoid fast access mode? How can you eliminate sampling? You need break your request to Google into smaller chunks, so each request is less than the …
While the best queries might not have lots of data, but have the RIGHT data, sometimes you do have a reporting need that means you want to get a lot of different metrics from Google Analytics all at once. Because Goal completions are tracked as metrics, this is often the case- if you are tracking 10 goals, for example, you …
Last week, Google held its annual Google Analytics Partners Summit at the computer history museum in Mountain View California. This year, Google invited ten of its most accomplished third party application developers to present their solutions to the Partners and demonstrate their applications. Analytics Canvas was proud to have been selected to attend, and we had a great time speaking …