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Vibhor Jain
Vibhor Jain

Reputation: 1476

User Deletion API: userDeletionRequests:upsert :: deletionRequestTime field

Can someone give little clarification how to interpret following parameter:

deletionRequestTime: datetime`:

This marks the point in time up to which all user data for the specified end user and Google Analytics property or Firebase project should be deleted.`

If I set it to 1st Jan2018 (GTM), does it delete all user data:

When trying the API > refreshed User Explorer report in GA interface > I notice all-time data seems is gone (giving me impression that this filed is not respected?). But let me wait 72hrs since API request to draw any conclusion..

Thanks for any clarification.

Cheers!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 607

Answers (2)

Josh
Josh

Reputation: 431

I don't believe you can set the deletionRequestTime field. It is set to the time you make the call. I believe that is why you are seeing this behavior.

Upvotes: 1

Linda Lawton - DaImTo
Linda Lawton - DaImTo

Reputation: 116986

First off i dont think your miss-interperting it I dont think the documentation is clear.

The following is from userDeletionRequest

deletionRequestTime datetime

This marks the point in time up to which all user data for the specified end user and Google Analytics property or Firebase project should be deleted.

Now to me that means that its a point in time that the data should be deleted. as in one day? one minute a time stamp? would this then mean you will need to loop though every hour minute in a day to delete everything.

My current answer is this is confusing. I am going to contact the team for clarification they are in West coast USA we wont get an answer back for several hours. I will updated this when i know more.

Clarification from Google

As per documentation, deletionRequestTime represents a timestamp up to which all use data will be deleted. In other words, all data from the beginning of time until the point returned in deletionRequestTime will be deleted.

Upvotes: 2

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