Where to find the report ID in the new Google Analytics

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2011 11:48 Written by Farstate Friday, 9 December 2011 11:48

Nothing is ever that straightforward! The report ID which used to be shown in the Google Analytics interface have now been merged into a longer ID which only seems to be in the URL of the analytics profile. So, if you are using GAPI or some other API/code that needs the report ID, following these steps to get it:

1. Log into Goggle Analytics
2. Select the profile you want
3. When the page has loaded, look at the URL – you are looking for the last part of the URL (or at least as of 08/12/11 it was the last part), a bit of text that should start with an a  and include a w and a p about 1/3 and 2/3 the way along. The text should look something like: aXXXXXXXwZZZZZZZZp12345678 where the X’s and Z’s are numbers and 12345678 is the report ID