You might remember how, a couple of years ago, I was whining about how the authentication on the Reporting API was difficult. At the time, I wrote some Java code that was able to log into it, and I have been using that code, more or less unchanged, for a long time. Now, all APIs …
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TDD – Testing Data Elements and Page Load Rules – part II
Very unlike me, I'm posting the next part just the next day. Call it excitement. Introduction tl;dr: I describe a (rudimentary) tool that can be integrated into automated Maven tests. The tool tests that all data needed for tracking as well as the basic triggers on page load are still working fine. Put it into your …
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Using Analytics Live Stream
I have wanted to write and post this article for ages now. The thing that always held me back: setting up OAuth. But the EMEA Summit is upon us, and with it a lab session about the Analytics Live Stream, and I am going to be part of that, so I have to. The bad …
How to Track Play Store Campaign Codes
The new Android app that some of your colleagues are currently building has to be tracked. Fortunately, your organisation is mature, has therefore thought about this well in advance and as a result you are well under way with your analytics implementation. (Note: if you are still wondering about how to implement in a mobile …
App Tracking – Part II
We'll put some meat to the bone today and provide a bit of sample code and guidance around tracking a mobile app. Setup As we said in Tracking Mobile Apps, you need to download the AMC library for your target OS and include that into your project. We'll build the sample on Android (because we …
Reporting API – Extended ReportDescription
Building upon Pulling Data out of the Reporting API, we will today extend the example to include a breakdown, more metrics, a filter and a segment. We will also use the classified report rather than the non-classified for added readability. With a more complex report like this it is even more important to have a …
