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How to Create User and Session Segments in BigQuery Using GA4 Data

May 10, 2026 Tuhin Sarwar

When you connect Google Analytics with Google BigQuery, you unlock access to raw event-level data that can be analyzed far…

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How to Backfill GA4 Data in BigQuery (And Make It Actually Usable)

December 15, 2025 admin

If you’ve ever connected GA4 to BigQuery, you’ve probably had this realization at some point: “Wait… where is my historical…

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5 Lessons Learned Importing GA4 BigQuery Data into Amplitude Analytics

October 3, 2025 admin Leave a comment

Marketers and product teams often want the best of both worlds: the rich event-level data available in Google Analytics 4…

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How to Backfill Amplitude with GA4 BigQuery Data

July 10, 2025 admin Leave a comment

If you are transitioning from GA4 to Amplitude, then you might want to bring all your historical GA4 data into…

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Posted in: GA4, Product Analytics

Traffic Source Fields in GA4 BigQuery Schema Demystified

March 30, 2025 admin Leave a comment

When you export GA4 data to BigQuery, you will find several source, medium, and other data fields related to traffic. …

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Recreate GA4 Metrics in BigQuery

January 2, 2025 admin Leave a comment

In the past several posts, I have shown you how to recreate various GA4 standard metrics in BigQuery. In this…

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Posted in: BigQuery, GA4

RegEx in BigQuery SQL

December 1, 2024 admin Leave a comment

Using RegEx in SQL opens up a lot of possibilities for you to find the right content using a query…

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Build Looker Studio Reports using GA4 Data in BigQuery

October 19, 2024 admin Leave a comment

If you want to derive the full value of GA4 then you will have to send GA4 data to BigQuery…

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Difference Between GA4 Daily Export and Streaming Export to BigQuery

September 26, 2024 admin Leave a comment

GA4 data allows you to send the raw event data to BigQuery, a cloud data warehouse.  Having the data allows…

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Enable Google AI Model, Gemini in BigQuery To Generate SQL Queries Using Natural Language

September 25, 2024 admin Leave a comment

Gemini is a Google AI model that you can now use in BigQuery to assist you in writing SQL queries…

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Table Explorer in BigQuery – Write SQL Without Knowing SQL

September 15, 2024 admin Leave a comment

BigQuery offers a powerful Table Explorer feature that allows users to visually navigate data tables and create SQL queries without…

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Posted in: GA4 Filed under: BigQuery, GA4, SQL

Transfer GA4 Data to BigQuery in 3 Simple Steps

September 11, 2024 admin Leave a comment

Recently a lot of Universal Analytics clients were scrambling to backup there old data. Some of them learned that they…

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events_intraday and events tables in BigQuery for GA4 data

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  events_intraday and events tables are two sets of tables that get created in BigQuery by GA4 when you enable…

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GA4 BigQuery Schema Demystified

August 6, 2024 admin Leave a comment

GA4 has a direct integration with BigQuery, which means you can send all your GA4 data to BigQuery with just…

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GA4 Data Organization in BigQuery

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In this post, we will go over the BigQuery organization of GA4 data in BigQuery. To open BigQuery, go to https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery…

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How to Calculate GA4 Session Counts in BigQuery

April 30, 2024 admin Leave a comment

In this post, I will share how you can recreate the “Session” metrics in BigQuery. There are three ways to…

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Why GA4 and BigQuery Numbers Don’t Match

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Why are the numbers reported in the GA4 interface and those calculated in BigQuery different? This is a question asked…

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Why GA4 and BigQuery Numbers Don’t Match

February 16, 2024 admin Leave a comment

Why are the numbers reported in the GA4 interface and those calculated in BigQuery different? If you have this or…

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GA4 Pseudonymous Users and User Tables in BigQuery

December 9, 2023 admin Leave a comment

When you export GA4 data to BigQuery, you will see one or two user tables, depending on your GA4 implementation.…

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GA4, GTM, BigQuery, JavaScript, and Digital Analytics Courses Black Friday Offer

November 20, 2023 admin Leave a comment

  Here are all the links to Black Friday offers on our online courses:   Digital Analytics Implementation Mastery (Nov…

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