Email scheduler, PDF export, and a transition to the new Google Analytics interface
November 1st, 2011 | Published in Google Analytics
Two of the most requested features from the old version of Google Analytics that have been absent in the new interface are report email scheduling and PDF export. We are happy to announce that both email scheduling and PDF export functionality will be the new interface in a few weeks.
Because there are significant differences between reports in the new and old versions of Google Analytics, we would like to use this opportunity to solicit your feedback regarding which scheduled email reports should be preserved in the new version. We suspect that many of you would like to use this opportunity to “reset” the number and types of scheduled Google Analytics emails. As we roll out the new email system in the coming few weeks, we encourage you to examine your existing scheduled emails and make a personal decision on whether to recreate a similar scheduled email report.
Every standard and custom report will have an email scheduling option, shown below in the report options bar:
Clicking on the “EMAIL” button pulls up the following email scheduling dialog:
(A more detailed blog post about the emailer and its new functionality will be available when the it is released in a few weeks.) The above email preview shows the work we have put into improving the email report setup over the older Analytics interface.
PDF export for every report will also be available within a few weeks.
With the upcoming release of both the new emailer & PDF download, we want to give you three months notice (as of today) that the old Google Analytics interface as well as all existing scheduled emails will be sunset starting in January 2012. We believe that the new Google Analytics interface provides significant advantages over the old version, including access to Real Time Analytics, Multi-Channel Funnels, Social Plugin Analytics, & Flow Visualization. And hope you'll find enough value in these new features that you'll switch to the new version well before then.
We welcome your feedback and comments.
- Phil Mui, Google Analytics team
Because there are significant differences between reports in the new and old versions of Google Analytics, we would like to use this opportunity to solicit your feedback regarding which scheduled email reports should be preserved in the new version. We suspect that many of you would like to use this opportunity to “reset” the number and types of scheduled Google Analytics emails. As we roll out the new email system in the coming few weeks, we encourage you to examine your existing scheduled emails and make a personal decision on whether to recreate a similar scheduled email report.
Every standard and custom report will have an email scheduling option, shown below in the report options bar:
Clicking on the “EMAIL” button pulls up the following email scheduling dialog:
(A more detailed blog post about the emailer and its new functionality will be available when the it is released in a few weeks.) The above email preview shows the work we have put into improving the email report setup over the older Analytics interface.
PDF export for every report will also be available within a few weeks.
With the upcoming release of both the new emailer & PDF download, we want to give you three months notice (as of today) that the old Google Analytics interface as well as all existing scheduled emails will be sunset starting in January 2012. We believe that the new Google Analytics interface provides significant advantages over the old version, including access to Real Time Analytics, Multi-Channel Funnels, Social Plugin Analytics, & Flow Visualization. And hope you'll find enough value in these new features that you'll switch to the new version well before then.
We welcome your feedback and comments.
- Phil Mui, Google Analytics team