- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Data Ingestion
- Data Loading
- Loading Data in a Database Destination
- Loading Data to a Data Warehouse
- Optimizing Data Loading for a Destination Warehouse
- Manually Triggering the Loading of Events
- Scheduling Data Load for a Destination
- Loading Events in Batches
- Data Loading Statuses
- Data Spike Alerts
- Name Sanitization
- Table and Column Name Compression
- Parsing Nested JSON Fields in Events
- Pipelines
- Data Flow in a Pipeline
- Familiarizing with the Pipelines UI
- Working with Pipelines
- Managing Objects in Pipelines
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Transformations
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Python Code-Based Transformations
- Supported Python Modules and Functions
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Transformation Methods in the Event Class
- Create an Event
- Retrieve the Event Name
- Rename an Event
- Retrieve the Properties of an Event
- Modify the Properties for an Event
- Fetch the Primary Keys of an Event
- Modify the Primary Keys of an Event
- Fetch the Data Type of a Field
- Check if the Field is a String
- Check if the Field is a Number
- Check if the Field is Boolean
- Check if the Field is a Date
- Check if the Field is a Time Value
- Check if the Field is a Timestamp
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TimeUtils
- Convert date string to required format
- Convert date to required format
- Convert datetime string to required format
- Convert epoch time to a date
- Convert epoch time to a datetime
- Convert epoch to required format
- Convert epoch to a time
- Get time difference
- Parse date string to date
- Parse date string to datetime format
- Parse date string to time
- Utils
- Examples of Python Code-based Transformations
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Drag and Drop Transformations
- Special Keywords
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Transformation Blocks and Properties
- Add a Field
- Change Datetime Field Values
- Change Field Values
- Drop Events
- Drop Fields
- Find & Replace
- Flatten JSON
- Format Date to String
- Format Number to String
- Hash Fields
- If-Else
- Mask Fields
- Modify Text Casing
- Parse Date from String
- Parse JSON from String
- Parse Number from String
- Rename Events
- Rename Fields
- Round-off Decimal Fields
- Split Fields
- Examples of Drag and Drop Transformations
- Effect of Transformations on the Destination Table Structure
- Transformation Reference
- Transformation FAQs
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Python Code-Based Transformations
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Schema Mapper
- Using Schema Mapper
- Mapping Statuses
- Auto Mapping Event Types
- Manually Mapping Event Types
- Modifying Schema Mapping for Event Types
- Schema Mapper Actions
- Fixing Unmapped Fields
- Resolving Incompatible Schema Mappings
- Resizing String Columns in the Destination
- Schema Mapper Compatibility Table
- Limits on the Number of Destination Columns
- File Log
- Troubleshooting Failed Events in a Pipeline
- Mismatch in Events Count in Source and Destination
- Activity Log
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Pipeline FAQs
- Does creation of Pipeline incur cost?
- Why are my new Pipelines in trial?
- Can multiple Sources connect to one Destination?
- What happens if I re-create a deleted Pipeline?
- Why is there a delay in my Pipeline?
- Can I delete skipped objects in a Pipeline?
- Can I change the Destination post-Pipeline creation?
- How does changing the query mode affect data ingestion?
- Why is my billable Events high with Delta Timestamp mode?
- Can I drop multiple Destination tables in a Pipeline at once?
- How does Run Now affect scheduled ingestion frequency?
- Will pausing some objects increase the ingestion speed?
- Can I sort Event Types listed in the Schema Mapper?
- How do I include new tables in the Pipeline?
- Can I see the historical load progress?
- Why is my Historical Load Progress still at 0%?
- Why is historical data not getting ingested?
- How do I restart the historical load for all the objects?
- How do I set a field as a primary key?
- How can I load only filtered Events to the Destination?
- How do I ensure that records are loaded only once?
- Why do the Source and the Destination events count differ?
- Events Usage
- Sources
- Free Sources
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Databases and File Systems
- Data Warehouses
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Databases
- Connecting to a Local Database
- Amazon DocumentDB
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Elasticsearch
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MongoDB
- Generic MongoDB
- MongoDB Atlas
- Support for Multiple Data Types for the _id Field
- Example - Merge Collections Feature
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Troubleshooting MongoDB
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Errors During Pipeline Creation
- Error 1001 - Incorrect credentials
- Error 1005 - Connection timeout
- Error 1006 - Invalid database hostname
- Error 1007 - SSH connection failed
- Error 1008 - Database unreachable
- Error 1011 - Insufficient access
- Error 1028 - Primary/Master host needed for OpLog
- Error 1029 - Version not supported for Change Streams
- SSL 1009 - SSL Connection Failure
- Troubleshooting MongoDB Change Streams Connection
- Troubleshooting MongoDB OpLog Connection
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Errors During Pipeline Creation
- SQL Server
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MySQL
- Amazon Aurora MySQL
- Amazon RDS MySQL
- Azure MySQL
- Google Cloud MySQL
- Generic MySQL
- MariaDB MySQL
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Troubleshooting MySQL
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Errors During Pipeline Creation
- Error 1003 - Connection to host failed
- Error 1006 - Connection to host failed
- Error 1007 - SSH connection failed
- Error 1011 - Access denied
- Error 1012 - Replication access denied
- Error 1017 - Connection to host failed
- Error 1026 - Failed to connect to database
- Error 1027 - Unsupported BinLog format
- Failed to determine binlog filename/position
- Schema 'xyz' is not tracked via bin logs
- Errors Post-Pipeline Creation
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Errors During Pipeline Creation
- MySQL FAQs
- Oracle
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PostgreSQL
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
- Amazon RDS PostgreSQL
- Azure PostgreSQL
- Google Cloud PostgreSQL
- Generic PostgreSQL
- Heroku PostgreSQL
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Troubleshooting PostgreSQL
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Errors during Pipeline creation
- Error 1003 - Authentication failure
- Error 1006 - Connection settings errors
- Error 1011 - Access role issue for logical replication
- Error 1012 - Access role issue for logical replication
- Error 1014 - Database does not exist
- Error 1017 - Connection settings errors
- Error 1023 - No pg_hba.conf entry
- Error 1024 - Number of requested standby connections
- Errors Post-Pipeline Creation
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Errors during Pipeline creation
- PostgreSQL FAQs
- Troubleshooting Database Sources
- File Storage
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Engineering Analytics
- Apify
- Asana
- Buildkite
- GitHub
-
Streaming
- Android SDK
- Kafka
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REST API
- Writing JSONPath Expressions
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REST API FAQs
- Why does my REST API token keep changing?
- Can I use a bearer authorization token for authentication?
- Does Hevo’s REST API support API chaining?
- What is the maximum payload size returned by a REST API?
- How do I split an Event into multiple Event Types?
- How do I split multiple values in a key into separate Events?
- Webhook
- GitLab
- Jira Cloud
- Opsgenie
- PagerDuty
- Pingdom
- Trello
- Finance & Accounting Analytics
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Marketing Analytics
- ActiveCampaign
- AdRoll
- Apple Search Ads
- AppsFlyer
- CleverTap
- Criteo
- Drip
- Facebook Ads
- Facebook Page Insights
- Firebase Analytics
- Freshsales
- Google Campaign Manager
- Google Ads
- Google Analytics
- Google Analytics 4
- Google Analytics 360
- Google Play Console
- Google Search Console
- HubSpot
- Instagram Business
- Klaviyo
- Lemlist
- LinkedIn Ads
- Mailchimp
- Mailshake
- Marketo
- Microsoft Advertising
- Onfleet
- Outbrain
- Pardot
- Pinterest Ads
- Pipedrive
- Recharge
- Segment
- SendGrid Webhook
- SendGrid
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Snapchat Ads
- SurveyMonkey
- Taboola
- TikTok Ads
- Twitter Ads
- Typeform
- YouTube Analytics
- Product Analytics
- Sales & Support Analytics
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Source FAQs
- From how far back can the Pipeline ingest data?
- Can I connect to a Source not listed in Hevo?
- Can I connect a local database as a Source?
- How can I push data to Hevo API?
- How do I connect a CSV file as a Source?
- Why are my selected Source objects not visible in the Schema Mapper?
- How can I transfer Excel files using Hevo?
- How does the Merge Table feature work?
- Destinations
- Familiarizing with the Destinations UI
- Databases
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Data Warehouses
- Amazon Redshift
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Databricks
- Firebolt
- Google BigQuery
- Hevo Managed Google BigQuery
- Snowflake
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Destination FAQs
- Can I move data between SaaS applications using Hevo?
- Can I change the primary key in my Destination table?
- How do I change the data type of table columns?
- Can I change the Destination table name after creating the Pipeline?
- How can I change or delete the Destination table prefix?
- How do I resolve duplicate records in the Destination table?
- How do I enable or disable deduplication of records?
- Why does my Destination have deleted Source records?
- How do I filter deleted Events from the Destination?
- Does a data load regenerate deleted Hevo metadata columns?
- Can I load data to a specific Destination table?
- How do I filter out specific fields before loading data?
- How do I sort the data in the Destination?
- Transform
- Alerts
- Account Management
- Personal Settings
- Team Settings
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Billing
- Pricing Plans
- Time-based Events Buffer
- Setting up Pricing Plans, Billing, and Payments
- On-Demand Purchases
- Billing Alerts
- Viewing Billing History
- Billing Notifications
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Billing FAQs
- Can I try Hevo for free?
- Can I get a plan apart from the Starter plan?
- Are free trial Events charged once I purchase a plan?
- For how long can I stay on the Free plan?
- How can I upgrade my plan?
- Is there a discount for non-profit organizations?
- Can I seek a refund of my payment?
- Do ingested Events count towards billing?
- Will Pipeline get paused if I exceed the Events quota?
- Will the initial load of data be free?
- Does the Hevo plan support multiple Destinations?
- Do rows loaded through Models count in my usage?
- Is Hevo subscription environment-specific?
- Can I pause billing if I have no active Pipelines?
- Can you explain the pricing plans in Hevo?
- Where do I get invoices for payments?
- Account Suspension and Restoration
- Account Management FAQs
- Activate
- Glossary
- Release Notes
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- Upcoming Features
Google Analytics 360
Google Analytics 360 (GA 360) is a marketing analytics platform that helps you obtain actionable insights from your data. You can retrieve the GA 360 data in two forms:
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Unsampled reports in dashboard.
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Unsampled event level data that you can export to a Google BigQuery project using the BigQuery Export feature. For this, you must link your GA 360 account to a Google BigQuery (BigQuery) project. The data is stored in tables within datasets that reside in the BigQuery project.
Hevo uses the BigQuery API to read the data exported to BigQuery tables and replicate it to a Destination system of your choice.
Prerequisites
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An active GA 360 account is available.
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A BigQuery project is created to load your GA 360 data.
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BigQuery Data Viewer
privilege is granted to the Google account used to authenticate the GA 360 account. -
You are assigned the Team Administrator, Team Collaborator, or Pipeline Administrator role in Hevo to create the Pipeline.
Creating your BigQuery Project
You need to link your GA 360 account to the BigQuery project where you want to export the data. To create your BigQuery project, you need to have a Google Cloud project with BigQuery API enabled. To do this:
1. Create a Google Cloud project
Note: Skip this step if you want to use an existing Google Cloud project.
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Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
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Click CREATE PROJECT.
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In the New Project page, specify the following:
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Project name: A unique name for your project.
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Organization: The organization to attach to your project.
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Location: The parent organization or folder for your project.
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Click CREATE.
This creates a Google Cloud project.
2. Enable the BigQuery API
Note: Skip this step if you already have the BigQuery API enabled for your organization.
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Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
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In the left navigation menu, click APIs & Services, and then, click Library.
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In the API Library page, search for BigQuery API, and then, click ENABLE.
This enables your BigQuery project.
3. Link a billing account to your BigQuery project
BigQuery charges you for the data you are storing in it. For this, it requires you to have an active billing account in your BigQuery project. A single billing account may be shared across multiple projects.
To link a billing account:
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Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
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In the left navigation pane, click Billing.
Note: If you already have a billing account linked to your BigQuery project, the following screen is prompted by the application. In such case, skip to Linking the Google Analytics 360 account to the BigQuery Project.
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In the Billing page, click LINK A BILLING ACCOUNT.
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Click CREATE BILLING ACCOUNT.
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Follow the steps in the screens, as prompted by the application, to create your billing account.
Linking the Google Analytics 360 account to the BigQuery Project
1. Add the service account to your BigQuery project
You must add the following service account as a member of the BigQuery project:
analytics-processing-dev@system.gserviceaccount.com
The service account must have Editor
permission at the project level. Read more. GA 360 uses this service account to export your data to your BigQuery project.
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Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
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In the left navigation pane, click IAM & Admin, and then, click IAM.
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Click ADD.
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In the Add members to <your project name> page, specify the following:
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New members: analytics-processing-dev@system.gserviceaccount.com
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Select a role: Editor
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Click Save.
2. Link your Google Analytics 360 account to your BigQuery project
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Login to your GA 360 account as an
Owner
withEdit
privilege to edit the permissions for the analytics property.Click here and check your Role. If you are not an
Owner
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In the left navigation pane, click Admin.
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In the ADMIN page, under Property, select <your property name> from the drop-down, and then, click All Products.
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Click Link BigQuery.
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Enter your BigQuery project number or ID. To locate your BigQuery project ID, read this.
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Select the View you want to link.
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Click Save.
Once you link your GA 360 account to your BigQuery project, you must refresh the Configure your Google Analytics 360 Source page in Hevo to reflect the updated project and dataset IDs.
Note: BigQuery tables take 24 hours to display the data when you set up your BigQuery Export for the first time.
Configuring Google Analytics 360 as a Source
Perform the following steps to configure GA 360 as a Source in Hevo:
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Click PIPELINES in the Navigation Bar.
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Click + CREATE in the Pipelines List View.
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In the Select Source Type page, select Google Analytics 360.
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In the Configure your Bigquery Account linked to Google Analytics 360 page, click + ADD BIGQUERY ACCOUNT.
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Select your linked Google account with
BigQuery DataViewer
privilege, and click Allow to provide Hevoread
access to your analytics data. -
In the Configure your Google Analytics 360 Source page, specify the following:
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Pipeline Name: A unique name for your Pipeline, not exceeding 255 characters.
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Project ID: The ID of your BigQuery project linked to the GA 360 account.
Note: If you are linking your GA 360 account to your BigQuery project for the first time, you must refresh this page in Hevo to reflect the updated project IDs.
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Dataset ID: Name of the dataset which contains your Google Analytics 360 data. Once your GA 360 account is linked to your BigQuery project, the dataset ID becomes available for selection in the drop-down. If you do not find your dataset ID listed in the drop-down, contact Hevo Support.
Notes:
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You can select multiple dataset IDs from the drop-down.
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By default, Hevo loads a maximum of 500 dataset ID in the Dataset ID drop-down.
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GA 360 refers to the dataset as View.
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Historical Sync Duration: The duration for which the existing data in the Source must be ingested. Default duration: All Available Data.
Note: If you select All Available Data, Hevo ingests all the data available in your Google Analytics 360 account since January 01, 2016.
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Click TEST & CONTINUE.
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Proceed to set up the Destination.
Data Replication
Default Pipeline Frequency | Minimum Pipeline Frequency | Maximum Pipeline Frequency | Custom Frequency Range (Hrs) |
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1 Hr | 15 Mins | 24 Hrs | 1-24 |
Note: The custom frequency must be set in hours, as an integer value. For example, 1, 2, 3 but not 1.5 or 1.75.
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Historical Data: In the first run of the Pipeline, Hevo ingests historical data for all the objects on the basis of the historical sync duration selected at the time of creating the Pipeline and loads it to the Destination.
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Incremental Data: Once the historical load is complete, all new and updated records are synchronized with your Destination as per the Pipeline frequency.
Your GA 360 data is stored in the following tables in BigQuery:
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ga_sessions_YYYYMMDD: This table is generated at the end of the day. Once the table is generated, the data in this table is not modified. Hevo reads this table only once.
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ga_sessions_intraday_YYYYMMDD: This table is generated multiple times a day and is deleted the next day after the
ga_sessions_YYYYMMDD
table is generated for the previous day. The data in this table changes throughout the day. Hevo ingests data once an hour by default. You can configure this frequency using the Change Schedule option in the Pipeline Summary Bar.
Schema and Primary Keys
Hevo uses the following schema to upload the records in the Destination system:
Note: _hevo_id
is a primary key generated by hashing date
, visitor_id
, visit_id
, visit_start_time
.
Data Model
Depending on the selected parsing strategy, there can be one or more objects in the Destination system.
The following table lists the two important objects that are critical to GA 360’s functioning:
Objects | Description |
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ga_sessions | Contains the session-level data. |
hits/ ga_session_hits | Contains the hit-level data depending on the parsing strategy. |
The schema of the table is generated based on the Destination and the selected parsing strategy.
Additional Information
Read the detailed Hevo documentation for the following related topics:
Limitations
- Hevo does not support GA 360 MCF (Multi-Channel Funnel) Reports.
Revision History
Refer to the following table for the list of key updates made to this page:
Date | Release | Description of Change |
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Apr-04-2023 | NA | Updated section, Configuring Google Analytics 360 as a Source to update the information about historical sync duration. |
Dec-07-2022 | NA | Updated section, Data Replication to reorganize the content for better understanding and coherence. |
Oct-25-2021 | NA | Added the Pipeline frequency information in the Data Replication section. |
Mar-23-2021 | 1.59 | New document. |