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Google Analytics - Connect a GA4 property and import metrics, dimensions, and report presets into tables.

Connect a GA4 property and import metrics, dimensions, and report presets into tables.

To connect Google Analytics to Dashbreeze, authorize a Google account, select a Google Analytics 4 (GA4) property, and choose the reports you want to import. Each report becomes a separate table for charts, metrics, and dashboards.

Important:Dashbreeze only reads report data from Google Analytics. It never changes your property settings, data streams, or configuration.

What do you need to connect Google Analytics?

  • A Google account with at least Viewer access to the property
  • A Google Analytics 4 property — older Universal Analytics properties aren't supported

How do you connect a Google Analytics account?

  1. Select Add Account.
  2. Give the connection a recognizable name and, optionally, a description.
  3. Sign in to Google and approve access to Analytics data.

This creates an integration. You only do this once per Google account, and can reuse it for every GA4 property that account has access to.

Dashbreeze dialog for creating a Google Analytics integration, with fields for the integration name and a button to connect a Google account.

How do you select a GA4 property?

After connecting your Google account, choose the Google Analytics 4 property you want to import data from. The list includes every property the connected account has permission to access.

Google Analytics property selector showing the available GA4 properties for the connected Google account.

Which Google Analytics reports can you import?

Dashbreeze provides report presets for traffic, acquisition, landing pages, page performance, geography, technology, engagement, events, campaigns, ecommerce, and sales. Select as many as you need; each preset becomes a separate table with relevant GA4 metrics and dimensions.

Presets are simply starting points. You can rename the table and add or remove metrics and dimensions before importing.

Traffic Overview

Track traffic trends, users, engagement, and page views over time.

Traffic Acquisition

See which channels, sources, and campaigns bring visitors.

Landing Pages

Discover which pages attract visitors and drive engagement.

Page Performance

Measure page views and engagement for every page.

Geography & Language

Understand where your visitors come from.

Technology

Analyze visitors by device, browser, and operating system.

User Engagement

Measure how users interact with your website.

Events

Track the events users trigger most often.

Campaign Performance

Compare marketing campaigns and their results.

E-commerce

Monitor products, purchases, and revenue.

Sales Overview

Track purchases, transactions, and revenue over time.

A metric is a numeric measurement, such as users, sessions, or revenue. A dimension describes that measurement, such as date, country, page, or traffic source.

To build a custom report, choose Start from Scratch instead, and pick up to 10 metrics and 3 dimensions yourself.

Dashbreeze report selection screen showing Google Analytics report presets, custom report options, and metric and dimension selectors.

Why some metrics or dimensions appear grayed out

Google Analytics only allows certain metrics and dimensions to be used together. As you build or edit a report, Dashbreeze disables incompatible options so you can't select an invalid combination. If an option is grayed out, remove or change one of your current selections and it may become available again.

What does the Google Analytics start date control?

The Start Date controls how much historical GA4 data Dashbreeze requests. Every report table in the import includes data from that date onward.

By default, the Start Date is January 1 of the current year , but you can choose any earlier or later date.

Select enough history to show a meaningful comparison, but avoid requesting years of data when the dashboard only covers recent performance. All selected reports use the same starting point, so confirm that it suits both high-level metrics and time-series charts before starting the import.

Google Analytics import settings showing the selected reports and the Start Date used to import historical data.

How often does Google Analytics data update?

Google Analytics is a live data source in Dashbreeze. Once connected, you do not need to reconnect the GA4 property when new analytics data becomes available.

Open a table and choose how it should be updated. You can sync it manually whenever you want, or enable Automatic updates.

GA4 may continue processing recent activity after it first appears. A newly synced table can therefore differ from a report viewed later in Google Analytics. Also compare the same property, date range, metrics, dimensions, and filters before treating a difference as a connection problem.

Dashbreeze table settings for a Google Analytics table, showing manual sync and automatic update options.

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