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Schedule Weekly Email Reports Through Google Analytics

By Jonathan Hungate Posted

Scheduling automated email reports through Google Analytics is a great way to monitor your website with very little effort. It's also really simple to set up. To get started, follow the steps below.

1. Sign in to your Google Analytics account and select the site from which you want to receive reports.

2. Once on your main Dashboard screen, click the small “email” button right above the main chart.

Email button

3. When the "set up email" page loads you’ll see two tabs – select the “schedule” tab to create a recurring report.

4. Complete each field with your information. This will include the email addresses of recipients, the subject line of the email, the type of file and the frequency of the emailed report. I normally send a PDF file and recommend scheduling reports to be sent on a weekly (or at the latest monthly) basis.

Email report set up screen

5. Finally, click the “schedule” button and you’re done! You’ll now get nicely formatted reports sent straight to your inbox that you can review, monitor and share with your group.

Note: Along with the default categories shown on the Dashboard, I also like to include a few additional measurements, such as “keywords” and “referring sites.” To add these to your Dashboard and your recurring report, navigate to those specific pages and click “add to dashboard.”

Comments

  1. Yannick Veys's avatar
    Yannick Veys
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    Hi Jonathan,

    Did you also find a way to email reports in the new analytics interface. Either I'm blind, or they haven't built that option yet? :) Or...?

    Cheers,

    Yannick
  2. Jonathan's avatar
    Jonathan
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    Hi Yannick.

    No, I don't think email reports are available in the new interface yet. They mentioned this in an email sent out to users on their beta list, but didn't say when it'd be available.
  3. Ash's avatar
    Ash
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    Any news on the new beta interface? I spent a bit of time looking but still could not find it? Cheers for the clear explanation!
  4. jonathan's avatar
    jonathan
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    Hi Ash. No, don't think it's been added. Soon, I hope!
  5. Joel Black's avatar
    Joel Black
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    The new interface is a disaster! I cant even set up email reports any more, unless I am just completely missing it.
  6. Alex Pomer's avatar
    Alex Pomer
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    @Joel: It should be coming soon!

    http://analytics.blogspot.com/2011/11/email-scheduler-pdf-export-and.html
  7. Jonathan's avatar
    Jonathan
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    Yay - PDF reports and automatic emailing from Google Analytics are now working again!

    http://google-guide.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/automatically-email-google-analytics.html

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