Saving old data in GA.
https://twitter.com/danbarker/status/997355871888867328?s=21
I've been looking at this recently as well. What's the consensus on the time time frame to select?
<scratches head>
Surely there's only one option to choose there
I have struggled to understand which actual reports are affected. I think the easy rule of thumb is
aggregated data = canned reports = no threat
sampled data = custom reports = all affected
This is the most straightforward overview I've seen
https://www.jeffalytics.com/data-retention-controls-google-analytics/
The embedded video on that page is really simple and straightforward.
He says something like "This change takes away everything I love about Google Analytics." Somewhere around 5:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=303&v=hGgDk_GEVvs
Quote from: Chunkford on May 18, 2018, 06:58:27 PM
<scratches head>
Surely there's only one option to choose there
I thought so too but then I saw loads of chat on Twitter asking about the preferred setting so I wondered if I was missing something because it seems very obvious which setting to choose. Perhaps I shouldn't be following these people on Twitter :D
Quote from: keano on May 21, 2018, 08:02:15 AM
I thought so too but then I saw loads of chat on Twitter asking about the preferred setting so I wondered if I was missing something
The article and video I posted above are by Jeff Sauer - original GA beta tester and pretty much full-time GA consultant. He encourages everyone to go in to every property and set it to "do not expire."
You can always change your mind to a shorter timespan later if you need to on advice of your legal team, but once you've gone for 12 months and decide "oops, I would like to grab YOY data," you're hosed (at least insofar as you are using advanced segments and custom reports - your pageviews and sessions and bounce rate and all that from the standard aggregated reports will all be intact no matter what you choose).
What hog shit. Leave max, it seems simple to me.
This privacy shit is getting out of hand, knee jerk reaction is crazy.