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Transaction IDs - too high

Transaction IDs - too high

Hi,

I'm trying to do some analysis for a client using magento's web transaction ids. I want to calculate the number of orders by subtracting ids. However it's 50% higher than the google analytics ecommerce numbers.

For what reason would the magento ids be higher than web actual orders.

Thanks
Donal
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Re: Transaction IDs - too high

It is not uncommon for transactions that are reported in the shopping admin panel to be missing from GA. GA is a trend analysis tool, and as such cannot be expected to be 100% accurate.

 

However, if the variance is greater than 5%, you probably have an issue with the tracking code. This could be for a number of reasons:

 

  • The user who made the transaction had his or her JavaScript turned off
  • The user has left the page before the transaction has had chance to send to Google Analytics

If more than 10% of transactions are missing from GA, then there is likely to be a bigger issue and this should be investigated by running a number of test transactions with a debugger like Fiddler to ensure the right data is sent to Google Analytics every time.

 

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Re: Transaction IDs - too high

Hi Sinisa

 

Thanks for your response.  I knew GA was inaccurate but not to that degree. 

 

Would orders on Amazon, create a Magento transaction id?  If so, it could explain the difference? 

 

Do cancellations create transaction ids? 

 

I'm looking for reasons why this number is higher than actual orders.

 

Thanks

Donal

Re: Transaction IDs - too high

If the database is clustered, ids will be skipped depending on which nodes are doing the writing to the database. Are the ids sequential otherwise?

Re: Transaction IDs - too high

Interesting suggestion, but it’s not clustered.  The ids look sequential, but 50% too high.