[Lucas]

Hey, let’s start by setting your credentials:

`python
import os

os.environ[‘GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS’] = ‘path_to_your_client_secrets.json’
`
This step tells our Google SDKs to look for credentials in the specified location.

Next, to list all the ‘Analytics accounts’ and their associated ‘property_id,’ check out this resource for getting property_ids using the Google Analytics 4 API – [here](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/migration/api/management-ua-to-ga4).

Here’s a helpful Python script that I pulled together:

`python
from google.analytics.admin import AnalyticsAdminServiceClient

def list_account_summaries(transport: str = ‘rest’):
“””
Prints summaries of all accounts accessible by the caller.

Args:
transport(str): The transport to use. Could be “grpc” or “rest”.
“””
client = AnalyticsAdminServiceClient(transport=transport)
results = client.list_account_summaries()

print(“Result:”)
for account_summary in results:
print(“– Account –“)
print(f”Resource name: {account_summary.name}”)
print(f”Account name: {account_summary.account}”)
print(f”Display name: {account_summary.display_name}”)
print()
for property_summary in account_summary.property_summaries:
print(“– Property –“)
print(f”Property resource name: {property_summary.property}”)
print(f”Property display name: {property_summary.display_name}”)
print()

# In the GA4 API, ‘Account’ refers to the old ‘UA’, and ‘Property’ refers to the GA4 equivalent.
list_account_summaries()
`
Give this a shot and let me know how it goes!

[Lucas]

It appears that you’re having a hard time transitioning from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) in terms of setting up API reports to fetch data. In particular, you’re having trouble figuring out how to fetch data after setting up events in GA4, with the API report not recognizing the new parameters you’ve tried using in your Ruby code. It looks like the dimensions and metrics used in UA are not recognized by GA4, which causes a badRequest error. The GA4 query explorer didn’t offer much help either, as it didn’t recognize the custom events you set up. Unfortunately, as GA4 is quite new, many users are still figuring out its functionalities.

[Lucas]

It seems that you may be experiencing discrepancies between your BigQuery and GA4 data due to the way sessions are recorded and counted, among possible other reasons. Your SQL code omits events that lack a valid pseudo_id and session_id, which might not be the case within GA4 that could include them. It might be worth examining how your code handles null values.

There’s also a methodological difference in how you’re counting sessions compared to GA4. Your exact count might not match up with GA4’s approximation method, which employs HyperLogLog for session estimations. To lessen this discrepancy, you could consider using BigQuery HyperLogLog functions which are compatible with GA4’s analytics data as described in the Google Developers link you shared.

However, even with these corrections, attribution might not be perfectly matched due to other factors, including discrepancies in tracking source/mediums, along with factors that could affect whether a user’s actions constitute a “session”. You might need to adjust your method of counting sessions and attributions, investigate your tracking configurations, or the possibility of inconsistencies in the data set.

[Lucas]

The issue you’re facing might be due to the limited support for gRPC over HTTP/2 by the .NET Framework. You can overcome this issue by configuring the channel to use WinHttpHandler. The links provided will direct you to pages that dive deeper into how gRPC is used in the .NET framework. The specifics may vary, but underlying it all is the fact that .NET Framework can work well with gRPC over HTTP/2 once you’ve got your channel set up with WinHttpHandler. It’s definitely a bridgeable gap!

[Lucas]

Adding custom dimensions to the “enhanced measurement” events in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) via Google Tag Manager (GTM) can certainly be a challenging task, especially if you’re trying to do it after the tracker has been configured. In GA4, the configuration call is important as it’s the stage where dimensions can be set for the tracking ID. However, if dimensions are not set during this stage, GA4 does not recognize them in subsequent calls, unlike the previous version.

Likewise, “set” operations may not work as GA4 integration might not pick up on set dimensions. This is a limitation observed, that doesn’t allow modifications after the tracker set up. The only reliable method currently to add or modify dimensions is to include them directly in the event call itself. This is because GA4 processes dimensions as a part of the event data, and adding them later can cause tracking issues. So while it may not be as convenient, ensuring that all required dimensions are included in the event call is your best bet to accurately configure and use enhanced measurement events in GA4.