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Calculating Session Days in Google Data Studio
Google's game streaming service Stadia introduced the concept of Session Days, something we can use in the digital analytics world too using Data Studio and Google Analytics 4.
Screen orientation calculation in Google Data Studio
Here's a Data Studio CASE formula to work out the screen orientation (portrait or landscape) from the resolution.
How to track scroll depth conversions in GA4
Learn how to track scroll depth conversion on specific pages in GA4 without coding or tagging in Google Tag Manager.
Defining the Campaign Timeout in Universal Analytics
The Campaign Timeout setting in Universal Analytics is hard to understand, and often misunderstood. Here we explain what it is and how it effects pretty much all of your data in GA.
Running Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics in parallel
Why would you run both Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics on your website? Won’t you end up with two parallel running tools reporting different figures?
How to build an interactive GA4 BigQuery data schema
What and why? One of the great features of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is the ability to pass data into…
The sun is setting on Universal Analytics
It’s finally happening. Google has announced the sunsetting of Universal Analytics, or more specifically, the date when UA will stop…
GA4 BigQuery export schema
In BigQuery, the Google Analytics 4 schema is completely different to the (Universal) Google Analytics 360 schema. This tree map is a simple interactive way to explore the new schema for new and old GA/BigQuery users alike.
From the wild west of data collection to conversion modelling
How will Google’s machine learning conversion modelling and other models change analytics? Is this the end of real data?
How to use the BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Google Ads
To perform advanced data analysis, you need a powerful data warehouse like BigQuery. Here’s how to extract Google Ads data using the BigQuery Data Transfer Service.
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