In my timezone configuring daily alerts in Google Analytics is useless. We can use Google Apps Scripts to get daily or hourly alerts. Write your first google apps scripts. title: Google Analytics Alerts using Google Apps Scripts name: Jordi Rosell Description: Enrich standard Google Analytics Alerts using Google Apps Scripts. Do your first google apps script. Level: Intermediate Type: Workshop Focus: Technical Language: English Tags: alerts, scripts, automation

1. Google Analytics
Alerts Using Google
Apps Scripts
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2. Reason we want alerts
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Correct bugs and improve “features” ASAP

3. We can set daily alerts in GA
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Before we start working, we want to recieve yesterday alerts

4. OMG
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For european users, yesterday data becomes the day before yesterday data

5. Recive an alert when needed
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We can extract to a google spreadsheet and compare hourly data using apps scripts

6. Your first Google Apps Script
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7. Your first Google Apps Script
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404 using Google Analytics API
1. Make a copy http://j.mp/404-alert-script and configure it

8. Your first Google Apps Script
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2. Enable Google Analytics API in your project
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9. Your first Google Apps Script
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3. Remove scripts you don't need or refractor it (avoid function
name duplication)
4. First execution, Authorize & Debug

10. Your first Google Apps Script
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5. Remove scripts you don't need or refractor it (avoid function
name duplication)
6. Trigger the function you want when you want

11. Your first Google Apps Script
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Example of what we get if you open PDF or Spreadsheet

12. Feedback
please :)
Jordi Rosell
Ecommerce Consultant and Digital Analyst
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Google Analytics en Apps Scripts
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/analytics
Example code
http://j.mp/404-alert-script
Pack de adwords scripts
https://triggerbit.com/desarrollo-adwords-scripts.php
Curso de adwords scripts
http://bit.ly/curso-adwords-scripts-online