Add Annotations update API

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Name of API affected:
Analytics Data Export API

Request summary:
Allow annotations to be added/updated via an API.

Use Cases:
When we release new builds/changes to our sites, we'd utilize the API to
add annotations as part of our release.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ichc.lo...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2010 at 11:50

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This would also allow us to automate annotations when we send email marketing, 
post to 
blogs or social networks, etc. - would be very powerful!

Issues with current API model though (hint in the name 'Export') as it only 
allows 
access to data not modification.

Original comment by simondwi...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2010 at 11:17

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Issue 1916 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by nickski1...@gmail.com on 15 Mar 2010 at 5:44

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Excellent idea which will definately work for all us marketers.

Original comment by digimarketingconvo@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2010 at 9:27

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It would be useful to add this feature so linkbuilding, PR, or ppc change 
activity
can be recorded in GA.

Here are some other examples of useful data to add annotations to...

Google News Events
http://news.google.co.uk/news?um=1&cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&q=%22my+company+name%22&c
f=all&output=rss

Chart + News on Googlefinance
http://www.google.co.uk/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:GOOG

Original comment by phildpea...@googlemail.com on 25 Mar 2010 at 6:53

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We're an ESP and we'd really like to automatically create annotations in our 
clients' GA when they launch a 
mailing.   But another, perhaps better, way to track "external events that 
drive website traffic indirectly" is 
integration with a Google Calendar.

Original comment by ipos...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 7:02

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This would be useful

Original comment by googlema...@cendyn.com on 29 Mar 2010 at 8:02

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Please stop commenting just to say "+1". If you want to follow this issue, you 
can
star it.

Original comment by kaz...@gmail.com on 29 Mar 2010 at 8:08

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mechanical

Original comment by maheshahearwal@gmail.com on 16 Apr 2010 at 1:25

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This would be an awesome addition and would help our customers to better 
understand
how what we're working on how publishing great content to the web affects their
traffic and repeat visitors.

Original comment by daveconk...@gmail.com on 3 May 2010 at 4:10

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ecommerce users could push an annotation when a product goes out and out of 
stock and
use analytics to measure trends in sales.

Original comment by nick.rev...@gmail.com on 5 May 2010 at 7:49

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Issue 2270 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by nickski1...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2010 at 7:51

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With the launch of the Management API, shouldn't this be included? 
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/mgmt/home.html

Original comment by jmb...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 11:31

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Anyone know if this is in the new management API?  I have been looking 
feverishly for some sort of information on this subject, but all I seem to be 
able to find is wishful thinking.

Original comment by JohnCoov...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2010 at 9:14

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Hi, John as far as I know the new management won't allow you to add annotations.

Original comment by andres%g...@gtempaccount.com on 8 Sep 2010 at 9:36

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Original comment by wikileak...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2010 at 10:45

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Original comment by wikileak...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2010 at 10:46

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Original comment by wikileak...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2010 at 10:47

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thanks for google

Original comment by demast...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2010 at 10:28

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Issue 2471 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by nickski1...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2011 at 8:34

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Cant wait to see this :)

Original comment by mrrobertson on 15 Feb 2011 at 4:21

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+1 on this request. I'd like to add automation in our website for recording 
when a new post is written as well as number of other things to keep good notes 
on what is going on.

Original comment by melvinr...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2011 at 7:23

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+1, it would make the charts way better... 

Original comment by Sied...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2011 at 9:22

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count me in ... I'd love to see this feature available 

Original comment by brian....@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2011 at 5:41

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+1 we want to integrate this into our deploy routine

Original comment by o...@soundcloud.com on 26 Apr 2011 at 1:36

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Original comment by ganesh.m...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2011 at 2:39

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Oh hell yeah. This would be so useful.

If Google does this, I'll write a Wordpress plugin that taps into it. (As 
suggested by Nick here: 
http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/16716/how-could-i-import-twitter-p
osts-as-annotations-in-google-analytics/16719#16719)

Original comment by whaletat...@gmail.com on 12 Jul 2011 at 4:39

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Removing an obsolete label that was used when these issues were in the 
gdata-issues project.

Original comment by jrobbins@google.com on 21 Jul 2011 at 10:04

• Removed labels: API-Analytics

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Changing the issue type to match the organization desired in this project.

Original comment by jrobbins@google.com on 21 Jul 2011 at 10:06

• Added labels: Type-Feature

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I hope this gets implemented. This would be extremely useful. 

Original comment by mareks...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2011 at 3:14

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This feature would help put trends in context. 

When considering this feature, it may be helpful to imagine multiple audiences 
using it. For example, as melvin said above, the dev team can automate the 
notifications of code changes. Email marketers can note major newsletter or 
offer mailings. Paid advertisers can note the launch date of campaigns. 
Optimizers can note A/B or MVT test launches, etc. It would be helpful if these 
were categorized so we can see all public dev anotations, all email 
annotations, personal private annotations etc.

Since many of the stakeholders are using various software packages to update or 
report, having API access to read AND write annotations would provide a very 
useful level of functionality. 

Original comment by jmcmil...@intelius.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 5:05

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+one on my end

This would allow us to add annotations based on published content for a news 
website I manage. Some kind of csv upload or xml file linking could also be a 
solution.

Original comment by wouter.v...@gmail.com on 2 Oct 2011 at 12:35

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This would allow our CMS to auto-insert a comment every time we published 
content - which would be extremely useful.

Original comment by bhough...@financialforce.com on 10 Nov 2011 at 10:38

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yes!

Original comment by ctalle...@gmail.com on 10 Nov 2011 at 10:40

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I need this feature pls

Original comment by ynu...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 10:10

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I think this feature would be great as I want to get a hook into Capistrano/git 
so whenever a dev deploys they can give a comment that describes the change 
thats just been implemented. Then looking back we can see what changes actually 
made a difference

Original comment by jamie.wi...@forward.co.uk on 22 Nov 2011 at 1:02

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I'm voting for this as well. It would be a huge time saver. In practice it 
would also allow for webmasters/ businesses to track more events that occur and 
therefore make much better decisions for users across the web.  

Original comment by DonnieAllenCooper on 28 Nov 2011 at 11:33

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This would be super helpful. This could be don't through webmaster tools 
integration already I would think?

Original comment by optimizationtutor.com on 30 Nov 2011 at 6:37

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That would save me a huge amount of time!

Original comment by steve...@rsc.org on 1 Dec 2011 at 4:42

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i bet this will just be for gold members.

Original comment by pat.gr...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2011 at 4:09

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Please Please Google AdWords Auto Annotations in Google Analytics...

Original comment by h...@hansakoch.com on 19 Dec 2011 at 10:14

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+1, Would be definitely helpful to add this automated step in my deploys 
scripts!

Original comment by dhgar...@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2011 at 12:57

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This would be extremely useful

Original comment by martijn....@pon.com on 27 Dec 2011 at 8:28

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I need I need I need I need !

Original comment by analyt...@numerique.ca on 17 Jan 2012 at 8:40

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This would be really useful. 

Original comment by dob...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2012 at 9:54

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Google, what is the word? Any thoughts on when this will be included in the 
product?

Original comment by pat.gr...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2012 at 2:43

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We are really looking forward for this!

Original comment by j...@dagerot.com on 21 Feb 2012 at 12:13

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I've been following this issue for nearly two years now. Time to give up hope?

Original comment by badmonkey0001 on 21 Feb 2012 at 10:23

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@badmonkey0001 I've been wondering the same thing. Is Google even paying 
attention to this?

Original comment by arnold.zokas on 21 Feb 2012 at 10:49