Deep link into Google Analytics with dynamic date ranges

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

When you visit Google Analytics through the "front door," it can take several clicks to get to a specific report. First the account name, then the profile name, then the report, each with a loading time. Then you have to set the date range, which defaults to a month starting yesterday (never today). If you bookmark a report, you'll forever get the same date range as before.

Here's another way. I wrote a tool that creates a bookmarklet for you that takes you straight to a specific report with a date range based on the current date. For how to find your profile ID, scroll down.

Enter your profile ID below. The nickname is optional and will only show up in the name of the bookmarklet. Pick a report and time range, then drag the automatically created link onto your bookmark bar or bookmark sidebar.

Profile ID
Nickname
Report
Nickname

Your link:

How to find your profile ID: two ways

Your profile ID is *not* the same as the account ID that you use in your tracking code. Each account can have multiple profiles.

There are a couple of ways to find your profile ID.

First is to go into your Google Analytics account, look at the table of profiles for an account, and click the Edit link on the right-hand side. This will bring you to a screen that shows your profile ID:

The second way is to go all the way into a report, then look at the URL in your browser's location bar. The ID will be there in the id URL argument, like this:

Known Issues with the generator

In some browsers, bookmarklets open in the current tab even if "open in a new tab" is selected.
Site Overlay can be accessed only from within Google Analytics, not from a bookmarklet.

Jason Stitt

Deep link into Google Analytics with dynamic date ranges

How to find your profile ID: two ways

Known Issues with the generator