SSIS Google Analytics - Reporting dimensions & metrics are incompatible - visual-studio

Question

I'm trying to extract data from Google Analytics, using KingswaySoft - SSIS Integration Toolkit, in Visual Studio.
I've set the metrics and dimensions, but I get this error message:
Please remove transactions to make the request compatible. The request's dimensions & metrics are incompatible. To learn more, see https://ga-dev-tools.web.app/ga4/dimensions-metrics-explorer/
I've tried to remove transactions metric and it works, but this metric is really necessary.
Metrics: sessionConversionRate, sessions, totalUsers, transactions
Dimensions: campaignName, country, dateHour, deviceCategory, sourceMedium
Any idea on how to solve it?

Answer 1

I'm not sure how helpful this suggestion is but could a possible work around include having two queries.
Query 1: Existing query without transactions
Query 2: The same dimensions with transactionId included
The idea would be to use the SSIS Aggregate component to group by the original dimensions and count the transactions. You could then merge the queries together via a merge join.
Would that work?

Answer 2

The API supports what it supports. So if you've attempted to pair things that are incompatible, you won't get any data back. Things that seem like they should totally work go together like orange juice and milk.
While I worked on the GA stuff through Python, an approach we found helped us work through incompatible metrics and total metrics was to make multiple pulls using the same dimensions. As the data sets are at the same level of grain, as long as you match up each dimension in the set, you can have all the metrics you want.
In your case, I'd have 2 data flows, followed by an Execute SQL Task that brings the data together for the final table
DFT1: Query1 -> Derived Column -> Stage.Table1
DFT2: Query2 -> Derived Column -> Stage.Table2
Execute SQL Task
SELECT
T1.*, T2.Metric_A, T2.Metric_B, ... T2.Metric_Z
INTO
#T
FROM
Stage.T1 AS T1
INNER JOIN
Stage.T2 AS T2
ON T2.Dim1 = T1.Dim1 /* etc */ AND T2.Dim7 = T1.Dim7
-- Update you have solid data aka
-- isDataGolden exists in the "data" section of the response
-- Usually within 7? days but possibly sooner
UPDATE
X
SET
metric1 = S.metric1 /* etc */
FROM
dbo.X AS X
INNER JOIN #T AS T
ON T.Dim1 = X.Dim1
WHERE
X.isDataGolden IS NULL
AND T.isDataGolden IS NOT NULL;
-- Add new data but be aware that not all nodes might have
-- reported in.
INSERT INTO
dbo.X
SELECT
*
FROM
#T AS T
WHERE
NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.X AS X WHERE X.Dim1 = T.Dim1 /* etc */);