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What causes data discrepancies between Shopify native analytics and external platforms, and how can I explain these variances to my business partner?

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What causes data discrepancies between Shopify native analytics and external platforms, and how can I explain these variances to my business partner?
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Shopify analytics reports discrepancies external analytics Google Analytics attribution time zone refunds official documentationGoogle ↗
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Google Analytics 4 attribution differences Meta Ads attribution windows conversion reporting official documentationGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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Shopify analytics reports discrepancies external analytics Google Analytics attribution time zone refunds official documentation Google ↗
Google Analytics 4 attribution differences Meta Ads attribution windows conversion reporting official documentation Google ↗

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Shopify analytics reports discrepancies external analytics Google Analytics attribution time zone refunds official documentation
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Google Analytics 4 attribution differences Meta Ads attribution windows conversion reporting official documentation
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