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Can you track two Google Analytics Accounts on one site?
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If you have a site that had an old analytics account and then implemented a new one is it possible to run tracking code that records to both accounts without causing your site or data issues?
We are doing this so we don't loose data at any point - ideally it wouldn't have been split between the two but making one redundant isn't an option.
Ideally we would have merged the data from both accounts and had one - however the research we have done points to this not being a possibility - unless one of you guys knows different?
It would be great if anyone has experience on any this..
Thanks
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Hi Chrissy
I did see the reply thanks for the reminder - unfortunately it didn't solve the problem so I will keep digging although it appears that what I want to do may not be possible with GA.
Thanks
Chris
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Hi King
Thanks for the help - unfortunately it appears that you can't share between analytics - the sharing settings are focused around other Google products such as importing GA data to Adwords.
It is possible to have custom analytics code according to Google that will record data to the two profiles - so this is a work round although not ideal as there will still be a gap in both accounts for the different periods they were solely running....
Thanks
Chris
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Hi Chris, did you see King's most recent response?
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Hi Chris,
Since its only been a couple of months, I wouldn't keep both going for long term. With that said, I found this on Google
"The Google Analytics data sharing settings let you share your account data with other products and services. Learn more about data sharing" - https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009704?hl=en
Have you tried sharing data from the new account so you only have to use the old account?
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Hi King
I understand why it seems strange - however the scenario is that this site I am working on had one analytics account for several years and then was redeveloped several months ago. The developer added an new analytics account rather than the old. Now there is a scenario where you have two analytics accounts with data in them - the ideal situation would be where we could simply merge the two accounts not loosing the data and making one property. However this doesn't appear possible from the research I have carried out.
As such in order to not lose data contained in either we want to start recording data to both - I believe it is possible to run two accounts with a modification to the tracking code. I possed the question on here to see if anyone else had come across this scenario and wondered what they had done.
For now lets take it that we can't progress with one analytics account (unless someone can tell me how to successfully merge them).
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my original post and thank you for your response.
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Hi Chris,
This is interesting because I've never heard of anyone creating a new analytics account to track the same site, when the old one was doing just fine, let alone use both on the same site.
Let's try to figure out what your goals are, so that might help shed some light to what you're trying to accomplish.
If you already had tracking codes, why did you create a new one for the same site? If it was just a matter of using an old version of the tracking code, you can just update the existing tracking code by replacing it with the new one and you won't lose any data.
Can you explain what your goals are so I can see if I can help you?
Thanks!
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