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angelakephart's avatar
7 years ago
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Different results with same query using Google Analytics Built-In Connector

I've read various articles on the data extraction of Google analytics.  It looks like the to get correct results for Sessions, all the Event-related dimensions need to be removed from the query.  So ...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    angelakephart ,

    In Power BI Desktop, the built-in Google Analytics connector relies on Google Analytics Core Reporting API. Please review this article to check if you can combine Gender dimension and Sessions metrics using Google Analytics Core Reporting API.

    In addition, for the difference between Google Analytic report and Power BI report, please check product team's response.

    "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."



    Regards,
    Lydia