Data Export API: New Features

[Nick]

Google Analytics API: New features released + Deprecating some old
functionality

1. The following fields are now deprecated. We'll be permanently
removing them from our API in one month. Please update your code to
prevent your requests from failing.
ga:countOfVisits
ga:countOfVisitsToATransaction
ga:sourceMedium
ga:percentNewVisits

2. The following Dimensions have been renamed:

ga:countOfVisits => ga:visitCount
ga:countOfVisitsToATransaction => ga:visitsToTransaction

3. All Event Tracking data is now exposed as 2 new groups:

(Dimensions)
D7. Events
ga:eventCategory
ga:eventAction
ga:eventLabel

(Metrics)
M7. Events
ga:eventValue
ga:totalEvents
ga:uniqueEvents

4. Overall site navigation data is is now exposed through the
following dimensions:

D6. Navigation
ga:previousPagePath
ga:nextPagePath

5. Landing page navigation is now exposed through the following
dimensions:

D3. Content
ga:landingPagePath
ga:secondPagePath

6. The maximum length of regular expressions in the Data Feed's filter
query parameter has been raised from 32 to 128 characters.

7. The Length of Visit report (found through the UI under Visitors ->
Visitor Loyalty) is now exposed through the new dimension:
ga:visitLength


Thanks again for using the Analytics API. We continue to listen to
your feedback carefully and are prioritizing our roadmap based on what
you
have to say. Let us know what you think, or if you have questions or
comments, please post them to our discussion group here:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-analytics-api

Thanks,
-Nick on behalf of the Google Analytics API team