Adobe Analytics has a rich set of features that help businesses collect and report on data in most efficient ways. I’ve written a lot of posts already on how it can be configured to collect data in better ways or how the interfaces can be used to its full extent. Today I want to show you some use cases for one of my favorite features, as it can help you in every stage of an analytics project: Dimension Classifications. Using Classifications, at least in my opinion, is a big step towards making the best use of Adobe Analytics. It can help simplify implementations, manage resources (like the number of used dimensions), surprise users with great new features, or even help you correct errors in data collection retroactively. But before I start with the use cases, let’s make sure we are on the same page by asking… What are Classifications in […]
Month: December 2021
Import Google Analytics data into Adobe Analytics using Data Sources
On one hand, Adobe Analytics remains my favorite web analytics tool on the market. The longer I use it, the more I appreciate all the well thought-out features, from data collection to processing, storage, and analysis. Those features are even more impressive when compared with what Google Analytics has to offer. And yet, on the other hand, even I can’t avoid having to work with Google Analytics in some way or another. In a large, global company, it is basically unavoidable to find Google Analytics on some small, long forgotten marketing landing page in some market. It gets even worse: Up until last year, I personally had to maintain an inherited Google Analytics instance on a legacy website and app. What a cruel world! Besides those cases, where someone in your company actually wants to use Google Analytics, there are also more forgivable cases. For example, a company may be […]