How do I use Google Analytics resource for GA4?

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Hello @MLindenhofer,

It is not strictly necessary to set up a Google Workspace account to allow Retool access to a GA4 (Google Analytics 4) property.

However, you do need to ensure that Retool has proper access to the GA4 property through the Google Analytics API. But I am curious, did you read in the forums or in our docs that setting up a Google Workspace is necessary?

These are the steps for setting up GA4 with Retool:

  1. Service Account:
  • Create a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project if you don’t already have one.
  • Enable the Google Analytics Admin and Reporting APIs in your GCP project.
  • Create a service account in the GCP project and generate a JSON key for it.
  1. Grant Access to the Service Account:
  • Add the service account email (e.g., your-service-account@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com) as a user with appropriate permissions (like Viewer or Editor) to your GA4 property in the Google Analytics Admin settings.
  1. Connect Retool:
  • Upload the JSON key to Retool when configuring your resource.
  • Use Retool’s Google APIs integration or a custom REST/GraphQL API to query the GA4 data.