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The Power Exchange Informatica Connector for Google Analytics is designed to

integrate Google Analytics sources within Informatica PowerCenter installations. With

the capabilities provided by the connector, user can extract data from Google

Analytics through Informatica PowerCenter platform. It also enables the processing of

data stored in Google Analytics using different Informatica transformations.

The figure below shows the architecture of the Google Analytics Informatica

Connector. The connector resides under the Informatica as a Source definition in the

Client. The source definition contains the fields (dimensions or metrics) for which the

data is to be fetched from Google Analytics Server (Data store).

The server component is responsible for actual data transfer from Google Analytics

server. The data is fetched from the Google Analytics server for the dimensions and

metrics user has opted for. The data is then converted to Informatica understandable

format and flushed to the next stage in the Informatica pipeline.

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HOW THE CONNECTOR WORKS

The Source Reader component of Informatica PowerCenter will fetch the data from Google Analytics according to

dimensions and metrics selected by user.

The source ports are created from the dimensions and metrics of different categories supported by Google Analytics. User

can see category-wise list of Dimensions and Metrics. To create Google Analytics Source, user should select the desired

category. For the selected category, Dimensions and metrics will appear in the respective list boxes as shown in the below

screen. User should select the dimension name and click on >> button to add the Dimension to selected Dimensions. The

added dimension will be available in the Selected Dimension List Box. Select the dimension name and click on << button to

remove the added dimension. Similarly user can add or remove the metric name

Provide the source instance name in the text box corresponding to the Name. Enter the credentials (Username and

Password) to get connected to Google Analytics Server.

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After selection of desired combination of Dimension and Metrics, click on Create button to create Google Analytics Source.

The client component validates for the combination of selected Dimensions and Metrics. If the selected combination is not

valid, an error message will be displayed. The user will be asked to select valid combination. Cancel button will exit the

“Create Google Analytics Source” wizard.

Once all the desired fields are added and when user clicks on “Create”. This will create the source definition with the name

provided as shown below:

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The session extension properties are shown in the following screenshot:

PowerCentre runs the workflow and data gets fetched from the Google Analytics for Specified “Profile Name” and

between specified “Start Date” and “End Date”.

INFORMATICA POWERCENTER VERSION SUPPORT

The following Informatica versions are supported on Windows:

• Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1, 9.0.0, 9.0.1 and 9.1.0