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cowork16
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9 years ago
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Data from Google Analytics Doesn't Match!

I'm trying to figure out why there are such large discrepancies in data between Google Analytics and Power BI. I know sampling can be an issue but that be the cause of such large differences? Here's ...
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  • v-haibl-msft's avatar
    v-haibl-msft
    9 years ago

    cowork16

     

    I've got response from the product team.

     

    This is expected behavior. The API we're using for Google Analytics is the one available to free users, and that API is known to return less accurate values for high volume sites due to the way it samples data. Unfortunately, the API for Google Analytics Premium customers is significantly different than that for the free users, so we'd need to implement a new connector specifically for Premium in order to get the more accurate values. This is not currently on our roadmap. Customers who would like to see this feature should request it or upvote it (if already there) at ideas.powerbi.com.

     

    Best Regards,

    Herbert

PaulDBrown's avatar
PaulDBrown
Community Champion
7 years ago

v-haibl-msft 

 

Any clues as to what threshold defines “high volume sites” ?

thanks!

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michaelbilling
Helper II
7 years ago

PaulDBrown v-haibl-msft cowork16 @

 

I have spent a lot of time working with GA from the API side.

 

High volume, in this context, would be a site that when queried via the API, allways/very often hits the sampling threshold of 500K visits within the time range queried.

 

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