Fresh Daily is a BigQuery export option available for 360 customers that provides faster, more complete data throughout the day than Daily or Streaming exports. Fresh Daily export data starts to arrive shortly after midnight, and typically completes by 5 AM the next day. Fresh Daily data continuously updates in batches every 60 minutes, so you can view your data faster and more reliably.
Here are some benefits of using BigQuery Fresh Daily exports:
- Data typically arrives by 5 AM.
- Updates are batched throughout the day, typically within 60 minutes.
- Much faster than Daily exports.
- More complete data than Streaming exports.
- Same schema as Daily exports.
- Exports begin based on your property's timezone.
- Uses last click observed, no modeling.
To turn on Fresh Daily exports, select Fresh Daily as the export type for one of your BigQuery Links.
For more information on BigQuery export and to compare the Fresh Daily Export to other export types, read about [GA4] BigQuery Export.
Confidence and testing
For increased data confidence, you can use Fresh Daily exports alongside your existing Daily exports. For example, you can compare row counts between the two tables, which should align within 2%. Learn more about Processing differences between Fresh Daily and Daily exports.
Fresh Daily exports contain all data fields and columns in Daily exports, including observed user attribution and Ad Impression data. Opting in to Fresh Daily exports doesn’t impact other export types. You’re billed for the additional storage cost of using additional exports. Learn more about BigQuery pricing.
Limitations
Fresh Daily is available only for Analytics 360 "Normal" and "Large" properties. This export option is not available for "XL" premium properties. To configure Fresh Daily export, you must have billing set up on Google Cloud Platform.
While the Fresh Daily export is stable and generally available, the Service Level Agreement on the BigQuery Fresh Daily export is not currently available.
For more information on the guaranteed timing for Analytics 360 BigQuery exports, read about [GA4] BigQuery Export Service Level Agreement.
Since the Fresh Daily export occurs frequently to provide you with the fastest access to your data, traffic source fields for recent Google Ads events might have the value Data Not Available. This is because the Fresh Daily export is sometimes faster than the Google Ads attribution process. For options to backfill the missing data, read about Backfill “Not Available” traffic source dimensions in [GA4] BigQuery Export.