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How to retrieve the currency used in a transaction from Google Analytics Data API
Hey, I’m moving over to GA4 ’cause UA is shutting down soon. We seriously depend on downloading our report data. Ideally, I wanna grab the
transactionIdandcurrencyof a conversion. Seems like I can fetch thetransactionId, but what’s up withcurrency? It doesn’t appear to be a possible dimension. Maybe I’m missing something.Check this out: [API Dimensions & Metrics](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/data/v1/api-schema)
But, I can use any dimensions and metrics from this other page in the “Explorations” area and it seems like the currency for the transaction is listed under Ecommerce.
Link: [[GA4] Analytics dimensions and metrics](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9143382)
Got any ideas on how I can grab the currency from a sale?
And will the old APIs still work after July 1st? I’m not sure we can handle our data without them.
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In GA4, ‘currency’ does not seem to be provided in the same way as in UA. So, you might need to set it up manually as a custom dimension to track it. The old APIs (Universal Analytics) will continue to function after July 1 but Google will gradually deprecate them, so it’s good you’re moving now. Overall, some tweaking might be required to get all your desired data.
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It seems like you’re right, their docs don’t list
currencyas a dimension in GA4’s API. Weird, because it’s available in the UI. Maybe you’ll have to assume the currency from elsewhere like your product data? As for APIs, Google didn’t mention them specifically, but since they’re ending UA, I’d assume the APIs will stop working too. You’ll likely need to switch over to the GA4 APIs.
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