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Google Analytics 4 guide for marketers: How to set up your properties and make the most of your GA4 data

Here at Supermetrics, we’ve spent the last several months helping marketers navigate the (sometimes complex) transition from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and also setting up our own properties. In this article, we’ll share best practices for setting up GA4 that we’ve learned along the way. Skip ahead: What’s so different about Google ...

13-MINUTE READ | By Minna Tuikka & Rosanna Campbell

Let me guess. You’re here because you want to overcome Google Analytics 4’s UI limitation and have more freedom to customize your reports. Bringing your data into Power BI is a great way to stay on top of your website performance without any restrictions. In this article, I’ll discuss two common methods for exporting GA4 ...

4-MINUTE READ | By Jessica Wei

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Universal Analytics (UA) has officially been sunsetted. Hopefully, everyone has already migrated to Google Analytics 4 (GA4).  Previously, to help you get started with the new tool, we covered the main differences between UA and GA4, including tracking, data setup, etc. In this post, we’ll discuss the GA4 reporting interface. Additionally, you’ll learn how to ...

8-MINUTE READ | By Fanny Heimonen and Isha Shinde

Google Analytics 4 vs. Universal Analytics: what’s the difference

Universal Analytics (UA) will sunset on July 1, 2023. That means your UA properties will stop gathering new data. If your web analytics reports in Google Sheets or Looker Studio still use UA data, it’s time to update them with Google Analytics 4 data. This guide will show you how to update your reports effortlessly ...

10-MINUTE READ | By Mick Chaveroche

Over the past week, you may have heard about “the quota apocalypse” or the “GA4 connector debacle” that a Google Analytics 4 update created for those reporting on GA4 properties in Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio). Remember to check our GA4 Knowledge Center for tutorial videos, support articles, and blog posts. Skip ahead >> ...

8-MINUTE READ | By Ralph Spandl

Making data-driven decisions is difficult without analytics tools to help you out. Even if your data already exists in marketing platforms, CRM, financial systems, or survey tools, this scenario doesn’t give the insight you need to draw decisions from your data. Luckily, there are multiple analytics platforms to choose from. We’ll cover two of them: ...

10-MINUTE READ | By Tea Korpi

Exporting data from Google Analytics—or Universal Analytics—to Google BigQuery: Saving your historical data

After nine years of dedicated service, Google Analytics— or Universal Analytics—will finally step down and give the crown to its successor—Google Analytics 4. Google Analytics has been around for 15 years, and for the very first time, Google gives the platform a complete makeover. This time we’re not only talking about a brand new UI, ...

6-MINUTE READ | By Joy Huynh

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