Comments on: How to Leverage the True Power of Custom Alerts in Google Analytics

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 06:43:35 +0000

Hi Diana,
Sounds promising, but so far never heard about them. Definitely worth trying signing up for a free account.
Best,
Paul

By: Diana Worthington

Diana Worthington — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:47:28 +0000

In reply to Paul Koks.

Hey Paul came across another one of that sort that’s worth looking into – these guys seem to be doing what Michelle seems to be trying to find – http://www.millimetric.ai – have you heard about them at all?

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Fri, 31 May 2019 07:31:40 +0000

In reply to Michelle Leary.

Thanks for your comment Michelle! I think there is not such a tool yet that delivers great performance here (as far as I am aware of).
There are some automated tools on the market (like this one: https://needlanalytics.com/), but I don’t think they help you accomplish exactly what you are looking for.
“Analytics Intelligence” can be handy, but definitely is not there yet.

By: Michelle Leary

Michelle Leary — Wed, 29 May 2019 19:18:12 +0000

Hi Paul! Great article very in depth and thorough…
I wanted to reach out and ask if you’ve heard of or experienced any tools that automate the alerts process, so I guess, think of it as Anomaly Detection with ML but for Google Analytics Metrics? So essentially you would be alerted when there is anomalous behaviour in your metrics? But the rules are set automatically because it learns what “normal” and what’s not – I know this is specific but been scouring the internet but haven’t really found something.. just wanted to ask your expertise.
Best,
Michelle

By: Mikael

Mikael — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:37:56 +0000

In reply to Paul Koks. Thanks! Yeah will have to something like that. Cheers

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:21:48 +0000

In reply to Mikael.

Hi Mikael,
One way to overcome this is by using a generic (e.g. analytics@….) email address when setting up these custom alerts. The company can change the password when someone leaves the company. Would that be an option?

By: Mikael

Mikael — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 06:38:37 +0000

Hi Paul and thanks for the answer.
The problem that you’re not able to share the alerts is if I set up alerts and then leave the company. No one can manage them.

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:54:12 +0000

In reply to Mikael. Hi Mikael, Withing GA itself this is not possible as far as I know. This might be because you can add email addresses and phone numbers to an alert, which could cause issues when you share them with other logins/properties. I do agree sharing the basic Custom Alerts setup would be useful!

By: Mikael

Mikael — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:21:59 +0000

Hi Paul.
Is it possible to share the alerts to another login and property?

By: Paul Koks

Paul Koks — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:41:39 +0000

In reply to Govinda Vyas. That's great to hear Govinda!