View Full Version : Multiple Dashboards in GA?
incrediblehelp
11-20-2007, 02:17 AM
Is it just me or can't you create multiple dashboards for each client account you have for your personal Google Analytics login. Meaning I would like to create and save multiple dashboards (different reports) and go to them when I want to. Any ideas or feedback would be great!!!
What happens currently? Is it not saving changes across sessions, or your changes are being applied to all of the sites?
tamecrow
11-20-2007, 10:35 AM
Jaan - this issue was raised at SMX. Shockingly, the Google representative was quite surprised that anyone could need to use more than one Google login at a time. It was noted and is something that needs a bit of pressure applied before we're likely to see it, I think.
incrediblehelp
11-20-2007, 01:35 PM
Well it sucks Tamecrow as most all web analytic tools offer many dashboards for you to use. Thanks for verifying to me that multiple dashboards do not exist.
For those that don't understand I am trying to make a in depth report for part of the marketing team at a one of my clients and then create a more simplistic report for the sales team. I want both dashboards to exist and be available simultaneously for download or emailing. Right now I have to build each of the two dashboards separately every time I want to the report to be exported or emailed. It is truly a real bitch to use.
Orion
11-20-2007, 06:02 PM
I wonder if there's a third party tool that could facilitate that by importing all the data from GA and providing you the breakdowns you (and the rest of us) could really benefit from!
Has anyone found any thirdparty tools that interact with it?
deepsand
11-20-2007, 09:35 PM
I'm not sure precisely what it is that you're having a problem with.
I've no problem opening & using multiple dashboards; I simply open Analytics in multiple windows/tabs and select the desired site's Profile in each..
incrediblehelp
11-20-2007, 09:52 PM
Deepsand you cant save multiple dashboards. So as I stated above if I want different metrics for different reports I have to create the report in real time. I cant just save it and come back to multiple reports.
deepsand
11-21-2007, 12:38 AM
Deepsand you cant save multiple dashboards. So as I stated above if I want different metrics for different reports I have to create the report in real time. I cant just save it and come back to multiple reports.
What are you trying to do that cannot be done by way of separate Profiles? Per https://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55595&hl=en_US , you can create different reports for each Profile.
incrediblehelp
11-21-2007, 12:47 AM
Dont think your understanding. One login, 30 clients with hundreds of websites. I am not creating separate profiles for each dashboard I want to create. That would require 100s of logins.
The bad part is, I seem to remember this being possible on the previous interface of Analytics. It let you create, as I recall, four different custom reports.
incrediblehelp
11-21-2007, 09:41 AM
I think you are right wige.
tamecrow
11-21-2007, 03:53 PM
Well it sucks Tamecrow as most all web analytic tools offer many dashboards for you to use. Thanks for verifying to me that multiple dashboards do not exist.
I absolutely agree mate. For those of us who have a lot of clients on board and need to keep switching between accounts, it's a complete PITA.
deepsand
11-21-2007, 06:17 PM
Dont think your understanding. One login, 30 clients with hundreds of websites. I am not creating separate profiles for each dashboard I want to create. That would require 100s of logins.
There was no mis-understanding; rather, there was not a full understanding, owing to previously omitted salient information.
Now armed with such, it is apparent that the problem is not that GA fails to provide the functionality desired, but that it will not do so with an unlimited scope. I.e., GA limits one to 10 Profiles per account; you seek the use of at least an order of magnitude greater than that.
The question then becomes one of whether or not it is reasonable to expect that Google, or any other service provider, should provide a free service whose capability equals or exceeds that of its paid service; in this instance, Urchin.
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deepsand
11-21-2007, 06:22 PM
I absolutely agree mate. For those of us who have a lot of clients on board and need to keep switching between accounts, it's a complete PITA.
That's why Urchin remains extant; GA was never intended to do the job of Urchin.
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incrediblehelp
11-21-2007, 11:02 PM
Take some deep breaths deepsands.
First I was just asking a general question.
Second I personally feel that Google will one day change anyways. Since GA is free I cant really complain to much as you have pointed out. I still don't think you know exactly what I am trying to do. I guess you dont use GA like the rest of the folks in this thread.
That's why Urchin remains extant; GA was never intended to do the job of Urchin.
How do you know this? Did they say they planned on keeping these two products separate?
deepsand
11-21-2007, 11:16 PM
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I still don't think you know exactly what I am trying to do. I guess you dont use GA like the rest of the folks in this thread.
One can respond only to the information presented.
[Re. Urchin remaining as a separate product]
How do you know this? Did they say they planned on keeping these two products separate?
Urchin 5 is still available; Urchin 6.0 is presently in beta.