Usage Tracking Product usage tracking can now be turned off in the latest releases of the Analytics Edge Add-in for Excel and the Desktop App (2024-06-30). The option appears in the License wizard as part of the License Agreement section: Note that usage tracking does not include any account or query details — it is […]
Author: Mike Sullivan
Google Analytics Connector Automatically Updates Fields
Starting with version 11.19.0/1.19.0 of the Analytics Edge Add-in/App, the Google Analyics connector now automatically updates to the latest dimensions and metrics available.
End of Support: Separate Connectors
Still running an older version of the Add-in? It is time to update to latest release of version 11. In version 10 and earlier releases of the Analytics Edge Add-in for Excel, individual connectors were installed and updated separately. These connectors are no longer supported and will receive no updates. With version 11 of the […]
Minimize Sampling in GA4 Reports
Analytics Edge has added a new option for GA4 Reporting — Minimize Sampling! If your reports suffer from sampling, it is now possible to split the report by month, week or day, with separate queries for each. Available now in version 11.16.0 of the Add-in for Excel. Download
Date Comparison Added To Google Analytics
With version 11.12.0 of the Analytics Edge Add-in and version 1.12.0 of the Analytics Edge Desktop App, the Google Analytics connector (GA 4 Report) now has the ability to do date comparisons in a single request. This feature creates a column for each metric for each date range selected, with quick selection for previous period […]
Connector for Google BigQuery
A new connector has been added to the list! Now it is easy to get your data from Google BigQuery into your spreadsheet using Analytics Edge. Available now for early access, the Connector for Google BigQuery is available in the Add-in for Excel v11.10 as well as the Desktop App v1.10. The connector makes is […]
Google Ads API update deadline Jan 31, 2024
Google Ads API v13 has been deprecated and will stop accepting requests starting on January 31, 2024. That version of the API was used in v4.5.0 of the Analytics Edge Connector for Google Ads. If you are still using version 10 of the Analytics Edge Addin, that was the most recent update. Since a number […]
The End of Free Licenses
The Analytics Edge Core Add-in will no longer offer free Basic licenses for new installations. Existing installations will continue to operate but the Basic/Free functionality will be dropped in future product updates. With the deprecation of Google Analytics/Universal Analytics by Google, the Free Google Analytics connector will no longer serve a purpose and will be […]
Free Google Analytics Connector: end of life notice
Google has announced that Universal Analytics, a.k.a. Google Analytics, will stop processing new hits as of July 1, 2023. All users are urged to start switching to the new Google Analytics 4 (or something else). It is recommended that you run them both in parallel for a period of time, collecting data in both and working […]
Chrome UX, PageSpeed Insights, URL Inspection Report Automation
The Analytics Edge connector for Google Search has added the ability to get data from THREE new sources: the Chrome UX Reports API, the PageSpeed Insights API, and the new Google Search Console URL Inspection API! Each of the new query wizards can use an Analytics Edge range name (reference to a column of URLs) […]