Adding a second account once the first one is already set up

Question

We started with one location group to see whether this would work for us. It does, and now I
need the other three in as well.

Before I start: does adding an account later behave the same as adding it at the beginning,
or is there something about the initial setup that only happens once? Specifically I want to
know whether the new accounts get the same history as the first one did, because half the
point for us is comparing locations against each other over time.

Dana from Keyword Ninja · Accepted Answer

Same behaviour, and yes they get the same history. Each account gets its own first import
when it's connected, pulling the same amount of back data the first one did, so a
location added today will have last year in it once the import finishes.

Two practical notes for four accounts:

They import one after another rather than all at once. That is deliberate - running four
full imports in parallel is a good way to hit Google's rate limits and have all four fail
instead of one succeeding. Expect it to take a while and leave it alone.

Comparisons across locations only work once every account has finished, so give it the
afternoon before you build the view you actually want.

Rob McAllister · Answer

All four in overnight, comparison view working. Useful to know they queue rather than run
together - I would have assumed something had stalled otherwise.

Adding a second account once the first one is already set up

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