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Google Analytics

Overview

The Google Analytics connector pulls data from Google Analytics API. The connector is highly configurable and can be used to pull data from Google Ads too (if Google Analytics account is liked to Google Ads). Full list of parameters can be found here

Google Analytics exposes following collections: report

How to connect

Following authorization methods are available for Google Analytics
  • OAuth β€” you'll need to provide Client Secret / Client Id (you can obtain in in Google Cloud Console) and get a refresh token. Jitsu developed a small CLI utility for obtaining the token
  • Service Account β€” you'll a) create a service account in Google Cloud Console b) share google resource (such as document or analytics property) with this account (account email look like [username]@jitsu-customers.iam.gserviceaccount.com) c) put Service Account Key JSON (available in Google Cloud Console) in the field below
You should also enable Google API for your project. Go to the Google APIs Library page, search Google Analytics API and make sure they are enabled

1. Obtaining access through OAuth

Jitsu requires 3 parameters for accessing Google Analytics:

Getting client_id and client_secret

  • Go to the API Credentials page
  • Click "+ Create Credentials" ➞ "OAuth client ID" ➞ select Desktop app as application type
  • Note: If you haven't configured OAuth Consent Screen yet, Google asks to configure it. The screen type should be 'External'

Getting refresh_token

Copy Client ID and Client Secret parameters, use them for generating refresh token with jitsucom/oauthcli tool:

./authorizer.py --client_id=<YOUR CLIENT ID> --client_secret=<YOUR CLIENT SECRET> --scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly'

2. Obtaining access through Service Account

At first, create or select Google project. There is a good manual on how to do that

Then create a new Google Service Account:

  • Go to the Service Accounts page
  • Click "+ Create Service Account"
  • Fill Service account name and press DONE
  • Click on the Email of created account in Service Accounts table, go to "KEYS" tab
  • Click "ADD KEY" ➞ "Create new key" ➞ Select JSON ➞ "CREATE"
  • Service Account JSON (private key) will be in downloaded file

Connection Parameters

ParameterDocumentation
auth.type*
One of: OAuth, Service Account
(required; default: OAuth)
Jitsu provides two types for authorizing access to Google Services:
  • OAuth β€” you'll need to provide Client Secret / Client Id (you can obtain in in Google Cloud Console) and get a refresh token. Jitsu developed a small CLI utility to obtain those tokens
  • Service Account β€” you'll a) create a service account in Google Cloud Console b) share google resource (such as ocument or analytics property) with this account (account email look like [username]@jitsu-customers.iam.gserviceaccount.com) c) put Service Account Key JSON (available in Google Cloud Console) in the field below
auth.client_id
oauthSecret
(not required)
Use Jitsu OAuth CLI Util to obtain oauth credentials
auth.client_secret
oauthSecret
(not required)
Use Jitsu OAuth CLI Util to obtain oauth credentials
auth.refresh_token*
string
(required)
Use Jitsu OAuth CLI Util to obtain oauth credentials
auth.service_account_key*
json
(required)
Use Google Cloud Console to create Service Account get Service Key JSON
view_id*
string
(required)
Read about how to find Google Analytics View ID

Collection parameters

Collection is a set of objects that have the same structure and will be mapped to the same table in destination database. Collection may be configurable, and connector can synchronize several collection of the same type. If you're familiar with object-oriented programming, think of collection as class which can have multiple instances.

Google Analytics exposes following collections: report

Collection configuration: report

ParameterDocumentation
dimensions
Multiple selection (up to 7): ga:userType, ga:visitorType, ga:sessionCount, ga:visitCount ...and 268 more
(not required)
Use this tool to check dimensions compatibility
metrics
Multiple selection (up to 10): ga:users, ga:visitors, ga:newUsers, ga:newVisits ...and 256 more
(not required)
Use this tool to check metrics compatibility