Google Analytics (Finally) Gets PDF Export, Auto Emails

It's a small upgrade, but anyone who has to compile reports for otehrs from Google Analytics will be delighted that they have now added a PDF export functionality to the new version of Analytics.

Previously, if we wanted to get the pretty graphs, a screenshot was about the only way to go, but you can now create a nice PDF of whatever report you are looking at, including custom reports.

To get a PDF of the current report, it's as simple as selecting the PDF from the menu:

Even better, you can now also use the email button next to the report to email the report in PDF to recipients of your choice. Set this up for weekly or monthly reporting and you can cut down a lot of manual copying and pasting.

Next post we'll look at the automatic report emailing options in more detail.