Google Analytics lets you measure your advertising ROI as well as track your Flash, video, and social networking sites and applications.
ELT & CDC uses the API provided by Google Analytics to sync the data.
Google Analytics API reference
Supported Replication |
Full Sync Incremental Sync |
Authentication Type |
Bearer Token |
Collections
Collection Name |
Full Sync |
Incremental Sync |
Supports Update |
Supports Delete |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ecommerce Overview |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Behavior Overview |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Audience Overview |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Audience Geo Location |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Audience Technology |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Acquisition Overview |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
Setting up Google Analytics for ELT & CDC
Requirements
- You need permissions to create private keys for service accounts.
Google Analytics Source Create Form
Follow these steps to Enable Google Analytics API.
- Go to Google Cloud Platform dashboard and navigate to
APIs & Services
tab in the hamburger menu. - Click the
Enable APIs and Services
button. - Look for
Google Analytics
. - Select
Google Analytics API
among the search results. - Click the
Enable
button. - After enabling the API, you are being redirected to the Google Analytics dashboard. Click the
Create credentials
button for creating credentials. - Select
Google Analytics API
in the first step. - Select the
Application data
andNo, I'm not using them
options, then clickNext
. - Choose a name for your service account, then click
Create and continue
. - Set the
Owner
role for your service account, then clickContinue
. - Click
Done
without making any other changes. You are redirected toCredentials
page. - Click on your newly created service account in the
Service Accounts
section. - Click the
Keys
section in the top bar, then clickCreate new key
. - Make sure that
JSON
key type is selected (by default), then clickCreate
. You will be prompted to save the JSON file with credentials, save it in a secure place on your computer. - Copy and paste the client email (can be found in Service account details section after clicking on the service account in Service accounts sectio