Google Analytics API Update: Asynchronous Reporting and New Key Event Dimensions

The new asynchronous reporting feature in the Google Analytics Data API v1alpha is called report tasks. It allows users to initiate a long-running asynchronous request to create a customized report of their Google Analytics event data. This feature is particularly useful for generating reports that may take a long time to process due to the large volume of data.

To use the new key event dimensions in the Google Analytics Data API, you need to make the following modifications to your report requests:

• Replace the isConversionEvent dimension with the isKeyEvent dimension.
• Substitute any Deprecated Metric with the corresponding Key Event Metric as shown in the provided table. For example, change advertiserAdCostPerConversion to advertiserAdCostPerKeyEvent, conversions to keyEvents, and so on.

These changes will allow you to utilize the updated dimensions and metrics for key events in your analytics reports.

Due to the updated metrics in the Google Analytics Data API, you should:

• Modify your report requests to use the isKeyEvent dimension instead of isConversionEvent.
• Update any report requests that use a Deprecated Metric to use the new Key Event Metric. Refer to the table provided in the text for the specific metric changes.
• Apply similar updates to any usage of key event metrics for one key event in your report requests.

These changes will ensure that your reports reflect the latest data structure and metrics used by Google Analytics.