Is it possible to import data from an old Google Analytics profile to a new Google Analytics profile?

[RosemaryB]

We have encountered a situation where a client's old SEO firm is refusing to grant us Admin access to our client's existing GA account.  For security purposes (so the other SEO firm doesn't delete the existing GA profile) we have started a new Google Analytics profile.   Again we do have access to the data in the old account.  Is it possible to migrate this old data over (if we just have user access)?

Thanks for the help

[DirkC]

There was a similar question a few days ago (http://moz.com/community/q/can-i-move-google-tracking-from-one-account-to-another)- and unfortunately the answer is no.

I repeat the answer from google:

• You cannot migrate historical data from one account to another. Thus, if you set up an account for a web property and then later want to move tracking to a separate account, you cannot currently migrate the data from the old account to the new account.

Source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsAccounts

You could download most of the data to xls - and start tracking on a second account as you already did.

If the account was opened on the clients name - you try contacting somebody at Google to recover the account. If the account is from the SEO firm, it will probably difficult to recover it.

There could be some interesting info in this post - http://moz.com/community/q/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-who-the-admin-of-a-google-analytics-account-is - it's a bit a different case, but maybe the info can help you to somehow regain control over the account (update: this link from this question could be of interest: https://www.en.adwords-community.com/t5/Tracking-Reporting/How-to-gain-access-to-your-Analytics-account-Property/m-p/436348)

rgds,

Dirk