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Lino
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8 years ago

Google Analytics Complete Connector

Dear Community   I am looking for a complete way to extract data from Google Analytics using Power BI.   The must-have points are the following:   Setting of parameters like View ID, Start Dat...
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Lino
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8 years ago

Hello v-shex-msft

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

The official method could be a solution by creating an ETL process behind, but I am trying to exctract directly data using Power BI.

 

Using M Language, my scope would be:

 

  1. Getting Authorization Code using https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth.
  2. Using Authorization Code, getting Token using https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token.
  3. Using Token, getting data from Google Analytics using Analytics API.

 

It works creating a Custom Connector via Visual Studio, but it does not work in Power BI Service, since I cannot use custom connectors there. Therefore, I am trying to create the same logic using M language directly in Power BI Desktop.

 

My first issue is getting Authorization Code using Web.Contents function. This function returns the correct page that includes the Code parameter as response inside of the URL.

 

Now, how can I get a parameter inside of an URL using M language?

 

Regards

Lino

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    Lino
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous

     

    Thanks a lot for your suggestion, but I used GoogleAnalytics.Accounts() built-in function and everything is working with both the Desktop and the Service version.

     

    Unfortunately, I cannot set filters before the extractions, but at the moment I am not encountering issues.

     

    Regards

    Lino

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        Roel
        Frequent Visitor
        8 years ago

        It works correctly, but it's requesting all data ever from the GA API.

        As a result GA sampling is destroying your data. This in turn makes the connecter useless for anything except the most basic things. (like all visits of a period of time)

         

        They really need to change the way the connecter works so you can specify the data range, but more importantly, like all other tools for GA, allow you to break up the query in smaller sections.