Comments on: Free Google Analytics Plug-In for Microsoft Excel (GA Client/Add-On for Spreadsheets)

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Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:21:07 +0000

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By: Lars Johansson

Lars Johansson — Mon, 30 May 2011 08:09:55 +0000

There is a quota policy for the GA API, but I’d be surprised if you’re hitting the limit.

Read about it here:
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/gdata/gdataDeveloperGuide.html#quota

In short (quote):

10,000 requests per 24 hours per web property (i.e., all the profiles/table IDs within one web property). This quota is replenished every midnight, Pacific Time.

10 requests in any given 1-second period (10 qps) per IP address across all Data Export API queries

4 concurrent requests at any given time per IP address (i.e., you must wait until your 1st request completes before making a 5th request)

10 requests in any given 1-second period (10 qps) per IP address across all Data Export API queries.

What version of Windows and Excel are you using? If you’re using XP, check Windows Updates if you have any pending updates.

By: Lowell Herr

Lowell Herr — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:46:50 +0000

Is there a limited number of times per day one can request a new query? When I run a request, the Excel worksheet remains empty. All was working moments ago, but now after running a few requests, it no longer is working.

Lowell Herr

By: Lars Johansson

Lars Johansson — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:49:14 +0000

Mark, this is what you do to update a query:

* Mark the cell containing the query (starting with the name of your GA profile)
* Click “Update Query” in the EA menu bar in Excel
* Change the date range and click execute

There will be a function for updating all queries in an upcoming version, but for now you have to update the date range for each query manually.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:20:57 +0000

Is there a simpler way to reuse excel spreadsheets that have already been created using this plugin? For example, the following month I open the spreadsheet and would like to change just the date and click execute (to get new data for the same criteria). But I find instead that I have to enter in ALL of the criteria again because the fields are empty. Any thoughts? Thank you.

By: Lars

Lars — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:01:46 +0000

Danielo – next release!

Milco – those are planned!

By: Danielo

Danielo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:01:34 +0000

How can I get metrics for a specific goal? It makes no sense to get them all at once.

With this done the tool would be awesome

By: Milco Landtman

Milco Landtman — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:49:08 +0000

Thanks very much for this initiative. I will soon start using the plugin once I have Excel 2007 on my computer. Since I work on automating reports, I would be happy with the following things:

- The possibility to take the report date ranges from Excel cells

- Possibility to refresh all requests on a worksheet simultaneously (like HBX Report Builder)

Please continue with this great project!

- Milco

By: Lars Johansson

Lars Johansson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:29 +0000

Chris,

Our lead developer is working on those things.

By: Chris Stahl

Chris Stahl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:19:56 +0000

Is it possible in the next build to add in the other goals metrics?

Additionally, the API doesn’t require a dimension in order to make a query. It does require a metric but you can get a query for things like ga:visits without needing a dimension. Can that functionality be added as well?