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Google Analytics client-ID or user-ID (cid/uid)
Hey guys, does anybody know how I get user specific information from Google Analytics through the built-in GA connector? I have my own database of users for my website and now would like to conn...
This is an old post, but the answer seems worth sharing.
You will need to set a unique ID as a custom dimension. If you have access to a true user ID from your CMS/app, you can use that, or you can set your own unique ID to join your data. You can retrieve the Google UID from the ga cookie values or via JS if you want to use Google's - there are pros and cons to doing that. I'd also recommend passing your gclid values into a custom dimension so you can join your data to DoubleClick ad response.