Before you connect
- Use a Marketer Owner, Admin, or Member role. Viewers can inspect but not manage the connection.
- Use a Google identity that can read the intended GA4 properties.
- Know the property names or IDs that belong in this workspace.
- Choose a completed date range for validation; GA4 and ad platforms use different attribution models.
Connect and choose properties
1
Open Google Analytics
Go to Integrations → Google Analytics and select Connect Google Analytics.
2
Complete Google consent
The full-page consent flow authorizes read-only GA4 access.
3
Choose properties
In Choose the GA4 properties to sync, use Pick a GA4 property or search by property name, account, or ID.
4
Save the selection
Select Sync N selected property or Sync N selected properties.
5
Verify the connection
Check Account, Properties selected, Connected, and the roster under Synced GA4 properties.
Read the setup state
If the page says the Google Analytics status could not be verified, refresh rather than replacing the connection.
Manage properties
Select Manage properties to change a healthy selection. A Viewer sees View properties, and the dialog explains that the selection is read-only for that role. The management dialog can be titled Manage synced properties or Google Analytics properties. Use property name, account, and ID—not name alone—to avoid mixing brands with similar GA4 labels.Follow the sync
Use Resync or Retry sync after access and selection are healthy. GA4 does not show the same in-flight cancel affordance as some ad-platform syncs.
Interpret GA4 beside advertising data
The integration does not edit GA4. It adds site-analytics context beside advertising performance.- GA4 sessions are not the same measure as ad-platform clicks.
- GA4 campaign and channel attribution can differ from Meta or Google Ads conversions.
- Recent or current-day GA4 values can continue processing.
- A valid difference between sources is not automatically a sync failure.
Recovery decision tree
- Status unavailable: refresh and retain the last-known connection.
- Reconnect needed: select Reconnect Google Analytics.
- Choose properties: save at least one accessible GA4 property.
- Refresh access: restore Google-side access and use Refresh property access.
- Missing property: verify the signed-in Google identity and search by ID.
- Sync failure with healthy access: resync or retry.
- Unexpected totals: compare attribution and processing status before treating the difference as a connection problem.