Using an R script as data source in Power BI where...

aJ2 · ‎09-02-2018

Hi.

I have written an R script to pull data from Google Analytics and I want to use the data frame created in R to be integrated in Power BI.

However, I am encountering this error-

"DataSource.Error: ADO.NET: R script error.
2018-09-03 12:00:25> Default Google Project for googleAnalyticsR is now set.
This is shared with all googleAnalyticsR users.
If making a lot of API calls, please:
1) create your own Google Project at https://console.developers.google.com
2) Activate the Google Analytics Reporting API
3) set options(googleAuthR.client_id) and options(googleAuthR.client_secret)
4) Reload the package.
2018-09-03 12:00:25> Set API cache
2018-09-03 12:00:25> No environment argument found, looked in GA_AUTH_FILE
Warning message:
package 'googleAnalyticsR' was built under R version 3.5.1
2018-09-03 12:00:26> Fetching v4 data batch...
Error : Authentication options didn't match existing session token and not interactive session
so unable to manually reauthenticate
Error in error_check(out) :
Authentication options didn't match existing session token and not interactive session
so unable to manually reauthenticate
Calls: google_analytics ... fetch_google_analytics_4 -> lapply -> FUN -> error_check
Execution halted

Details:
DataSourceKind=R
DataSourcePath=R
Message=R script error.
2018-09-03 12:00:25> Default Google Project for googleAnalyticsR is now set.
This is shared with all googleAnalyticsR users.
If making a lot of API calls, please:
1) create your own Google Project at https://console.developers.google.com
2) Activate the Google Analytics Reporting API
3) set options(googleAuthR.client_id) and options(googleAuthR.client_secret)
4) Reload the package.
2018-09-03 12:00:25> Set API cache
2018-09-03 12:00:25> No environment argument found, looked in GA_AUTH_FILE
Warning message:
package 'googleAnalyticsR' was built under R version 3.5.1
2018-09-03 12:00:26> Fetching v4 data batch...
Error : Authentication options didn't match existing session token and not interactive session
so unable to manually reauthenticate
Error in error_check(out) :
Authentication options didn't match existing session token and not interactive session
so unable to manually reauthenticate
Calls: google_analytics ... fetch_google_analy...
ErrorCode=-2147467259
ExceptionType=Microsoft.PowerBI.Radio.RScriptRuntimeException"

I have set the permissions for both- R and Google Analytics as public but still I am getting this error.

Following is the R script-

# 'dataset' holds the input data for this script
library(googleAnalyticsR)
library(ggplot2)

my_id <- 123456

start_date <- "2018-08-01"
end_date <- "2018-08-31"

dataset <- google_analytics(my_id, date_range = c(start_date, end_date),
metrics = c("transactions", "transactionRevenue", "transactionShipping", "transactionTax", "totalValue", "itemQuantity"),
dimensions = c("date", "channelGrouping", "sourceMedium", "transactionID", "orderCouponCode"), max= 200000 )

#View(dataset)

Kindly guide on how to get rid of this error.

ayush · ‎09-13-2018

@aJ2 hi,

Did you get the solution, because I am also trying to do the same.

Thanks,

Ayush

aJ2 · ‎09-13-2018

Hi @ayush

I'm having problem when connecting the Google Analytics and Power BI using R but when I wrote an R script to connect it to smartly.io, then there was no issue.

Once I resolve the authentication issue of GA, will let you know at once.

v-shex-msft · ‎09-03-2018

HI @aJ2,

It seems like you are faced with authentication error when you use R script with google analytics.
After check your script, I haven't found you invoke authentication functions in r script. If you can please add it to your formula.

In addition, you can also take a look at following links about R with google analytics api:

Using Google Analytics with R

Google authentication types for R

Google Analytics R Tutorial

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

Community Support Team _ Xiaoxin
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aJ2 · ‎09-03-2018

Hi @v-shex-msft,

Thanks for your reply.

So do I need to revoke the permissions first in the R script before executing the script in Power BI?

I had followed the last link in your reply to integrate Google Analytics with R and then when I tried integrating the same in Power BI, the error pops up.