Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider
 
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Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider

SQL-based Access to Google Analytics through ADO.NET for your custom .NET applications and SSAS.

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The Google Analytics ADO.NET Data Provider enables user to easily connect to Google Analytics data from .NET applications. An easy-to-use database-like interface for .NET applications access to live Google Analytics data (Traffic, Users, Referrals, Geo, Behaviors, and more).

ADO architecture

Google Analytics .NET Connectivity Features

  • Work with a relational model of your Google Analytics data based on Dimensions and Metrics
  • Provides access to a full range of web traffic and analysis data
  • Powerful metadata querying enables SQL-like access to non-database sources
  • Push down query optimization pushes SQL operations down to the server whenever possible, increasing performance
  • Client-side query execution engine, supports SQL-92 operations that are not available server-side
  • Connect to live Google Analytics data, for real-time data access with the Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider
  • Full support for data aggregation and complex JOINs in SQL queries
  • Secure connectivity through modern cryptography, including TLS 1.2, SHA-256, ECC, etc.
  • Seamless integration with leading BI, reporting, and ETL tools and with custom applications via the Google Analytics Connector.

Target Service, API

The driver supports Google Analytics 4 (GA4) APIs. The driver provides a relational view of the Google Analytics profiles in your Google account or across your Google Apps domain.

Schema, Data Model

The driver includes tables that contain often-used dimensions and metrics as columns; additionally, you can customize the table schemas or write your own to combine any valid set of dimensions and metrics. The driver exposes the columns available through the Data API (Google Analytics 4) and the Admin API (Google Analytics 4).

Key Objects

Acquisitions, Engagement, Demographics, Monetization views are the basic views that you can use with setting your own dimentions. We also provide a number of pre-defined views such as AcquisitionsSessionSourcereport, EngagementEventsreport etc.

Operations

Standard SQL with SELECT can be used to query the GA4 views by setting StartDate and EndDate in WHERE clause. You can use the strong Server Side Filtering for both OR and AND operators. You can use JOIN, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, UNION and other standard SQL clauses.

Authentication

OAuth is the standard schema to access Google Analytics 4. You can use the embedded OAuth and just connect and authorize access from your browser without creating your custom OAuth Apps. The driver also supports OAuthJWT, GCPInstanceAccount, and AWSWorkloadIdentity.

Specific feature or properties

If you do not set terms, the driver will obtain data for 30 day duration.

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SSAS Cube
SSAS Cube

Use Google Analytics from SQL Server Analysis Service (SSAS) multi-dimensional cubes. Keep your analytical data modeling and access to any source including cloud and on-premises.

Custom .NET Application
Custom .NET Application

The Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider allows developers to build applications that connect to Google Analytics using familiar SQL and Entity Framework. Integrate Google Analytics to your mission -critical applications or create easy side-by-side applications.

Reporting & BI
Low-Code Dev Platforms

You can connect from ADO.NET compliant low-code development tools:

Reporting & BI
Reporting Tools

You can connect Google Analytics from .NET-based reporting and analytics tools:

Standard ADO.NET Access to GoogleAnalytics

The Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Google Analytics data from any .NET application. Simply use Google Analytics Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Google Analytics Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Google Analytics Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: GoogleAnalyticsConnection, GoogleAnalyticsCommand, GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter, GoogleAnalyticsDataReader, GoogleAnalyticsDataSource, GoogleAnalyticsParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Google Analytics data in an easy, familiar way.

For example:

using (GoogleAnalyticsConnection conn = new GoogleAnalyticsConnection("...")) {
	string select = "SELECT * FROM Traffic";
	GoogleAnalyticsCommand cmd = new GoogleAnalyticsCommand(select, conn);
	GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter adapter = new GoogleAnalyticsDataAdapter(cmd);
	using (adapter) {
		DataTable table = new DataTable();
		adapter.Fill(table);		
		...
	}
}


ADO.NET Provider Performance

With traditional approaches to remote access, performance bottlenecks can spell disaster for applications. Regardless if an application is created for internal use, a commercial project, web, or mobile application, slow performance can rapidly lead to project failure. Accessing data from any remote source has the potential to create these problems. Common issues include:

  1. Network Connections - Slow network connections and latency issues are common in mobile applications.
  2. Service Delays - Delays due to service interruptions, resulting in server hardware or software updates.
  3. Large Data - Intentional or unintentional requests for large amounts of data.
  4. Disconnects - Complete loss of network connectivity.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Google Analytics solves these issues by supporting powerful smart caching technology that can greatly improve the performance and dramatically reduce application bottlenecks.

Smart Caching

Smart caching is a configurable option that works by storing queried data into a local database. Enabling smart caching creates a persistent local cache database that contains a replica of data retrieved from the remote source. The cache database is small, lightweight, blazing-fast, and it can be shared by multiple connections as persistent storage.

Caching with our ADO.NET Providers is highly configurable, including options for:

  • Auto Cache - Maintain an automatic local cache of data on all requests. The provider will automatically load data into the cache database each time you execute a SELECT query. Each row returned by the query will be inserted or updated as necessary into the corresponding table in the cache database.
  • Explicit Cache - Cache only on demand. Developers decide exactly what data gets stored in the cache and when it is updated. Explicit caching provides full control over the cache contents by using explicit execution of CACHE statements.
  • No Cache - All requests access only live data and no local cache file is created.

This powerful caching functionality increases application performance and allows applications to disconnect and continue limited functioning without writing code for additional local storage and/or data serialization/deserialization.

More information about ADO.NET Provider caching and best caching practices is available in the included help files.

Visual Studio Integration & Server Explorer

Working with the new Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider is easy. As a fully-managed .NET Data Provider, the Google Analytics Data Provider integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio development environment as well as any .NET application.

As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Google Analytics data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.

It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.

  • Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Google Analytics Data Source
  • Configure the basic connection properties to access your Google Analytics account data.

Explore all of the data available! Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Google Analytics data from Visual Studio.

  • After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Google Analytics Data Source.
  • These constructs return live Google Analytics data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!

Developer Integration: Databind to Google Analytics

Connecting Web, Desktop, and Mobile .NET applications with Google Analytics is just like working with SQL Server. It is even possible to integrate Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider into applications without writing code.

Developers are free to access the Google Analytics ADO.NET Provider in whatever way they like best. Either visually through the Visual Studio Winforms or Webforms designers, or directly through code.

  • Developers can connect the Google Analytics Data Source directly to form components by configuring the object's smart tags.
  • Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Google Analytics Data Source. Then, select the feed, view, or services you would like to connect the object to.

Done! It's just like connecting to SQL Server.

  • Once the object is bound to the data source, applications can easily interact with Google Analytics data with full read/write (CRUD) support.

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