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Is it better to use native GA4 explorations or Looker Studio data blending when creating custom cohort retention reports for our iOS app?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Is it better to use native GA4 explorations or Looker Studio data blending when creating custom cohort retention reports for our iOS app?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
GA4 cohort exploration retention report limitations cohort exploration Google Analytics documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Looker Studio data blending limitations join keys aggregation Google documentation GA4Google ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

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). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
GA4 cohort exploration retention report limitations cohort exploration Google Analytics documentation Google ↗
Looker Studio data blending limitations join keys aggregation Google documentation GA4 Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
GA4 cohort exploration retention report limitations cohort exploration Google Analytics documentation
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Google ↗
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Looker Studio data blending limitations join keys aggregation Google documentation GA4
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Google ↗
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—Instruction——1x
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