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Troubleshoot incompatible fields in GA4

Identify and remove incompatible Google Analytics 4 (GA4) dimensions and metrics from a Funnel data source.

Problem summary

Your Google Analytics 4 (GA4) data source cannot import data when its dimensions and metrics are incompatible.

Error message or symptoms

  • The Edit configuration dialog warns that one or more fields are incompatible.

  • A data request fails after Google changes field compatibility.

  • The dialog does not identify which custom fields are incompatible.

When does this occur

  • The data source combines fields that the Analytics Data API does not support in one request.

  • Google introduces a new incompatibility between fields that previously worked together.

  • The request includes custom dimensions or metrics.

Root cause

The Analytics Data API defines which dimensions and metrics can be requested together. Google can change these compatibility rules. Funnel cannot download a combination that the API rejects.

Solution

  1. Open the data source and select Edit configuration.

  2. Remove each field that shows an incompatibility warning.

  3. Use the Query Explorer error message to identify which fields to remove.

  4. Remove those fields from the Funnel data source and import the data again.

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