Essential Attributes and Table Selection for GA4

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Google Analytics is a web analytics service by Google, that provides insights on website and app traffic. It helps businesses understand user behavior, track performance, and make data-driven decisions for online success.

In this article, we will discuss the essential attributes and tables supported by the GA4 connector.

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Essential Attributes

The following table lists some of the essential connector attributes and their details: 

Features
Details
Release Status
Released
Source API Version
v4
Table Selection
NA
Column Selection
NA
Edit Integration
Yes
Replication Type Selection
No
Authentication Parameters
Google Analytics account email ID
Google Analytics account password
Replication Type
Key Based Incremental
Replication Key
Date
Suggested Replication Frequency
24 hrs

Table Selection

GA4 offers a wide range of metrics and dimensions that provide valuable insights into your website or app's performance. 

When setting up an integration with the GA4 connector in Daton, you have the flexibility to choose the specific metrics and dimensions that you want to retrieve from Google Analytics.

  • Each combination of Metrics and Dimensions would be stored as a table in the selected warehouse along with additional metadata.
  • A maximum of 9 dimensions and 10 metrics can be added to a single table.

You can select the most relevant metrics and dimensions based on your analysis requirements and business objectives. This selective data retrieval ensures that you focus on the KPIs that matter most to your organization, optimizing data storage and analysis.

  • Follow this link to learn about the schema applied to store this data in your warehouse.
  • To know your dimensions and metrics combination better, follow this link.