Google Analytics policy

A Google Analytics policy contains the connection details that are used by a Google Analytics Request node when you connect it to Google Analytics.

You can use a Google Analytics Request node in a message flow to connect IBM® App Connect Enterprise to Google Analytics and issue requests to perform actions on objects such as custom data sources, custom metrics, filters, account user links, and goals. The Google Analytics policy controls, at run time, access to the Google Analytics application.

The Google Analytics policy is created when you configure a connection between a Google Analytics Request node and Google Analytics by using the Connector Discovery wizard. During the process of discovery, account credentials are stored in the vault and connection details are stored in a policy. The policy is created with a type of Google Analytics, and the name of the policy is returned to the node and specified in the Connection tab, in the format {policyProjectName}:policyName.

You can also create, update, or delete a Google Analytics policy by using the Manage Discovery Connector Policies and Credentials wizard, which you can access by right-clicking the policy project in the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit and then clicking New > Discovery Connector policies and credentials.

You must deploy this policy before message flows that use the policy are started. If you redeploy a Google Analytics policy, all message flows that are using the policy are stopped and restarted.

For more information about using Google Analytics policies, see Using Google Analytics with IBM App Connect Enterprise.

Table 1. Properties of the Google Analytics policy
Property	Property name in .policyxml file	Description of properties
Google Analytics Application Type	applicationType	This property is reserved for future use and must be set to the value `online`.
Google Analytics Application Version	applicationVersion	This property is reserved for future use and must be set to the value `v1`.
Google Analytics Authentication method	authenticationMethod	This property specifies the type of authentication that is used for the connection between IBM App Connect Enterprise and Google Analytics. This property is reserved for future use and must be set to `BASIC_OAUTH`.
Credential Name	credentialName	The specified credential can be defined during connector discovery and stored in the vault. Alternatively, you can specify an existing credential that was configured by using the mqsicredentials command or the server.conf.yaml file, or loaded through an external credential provider.