I've noticed an issue when using the Data Control for GA4 data. If I have two properties, each with the same Custom Dimensions, when I switch properties with the data control, the data in the grid for that custom dimension becomes data for a totally different dimension.
Example:
Report has a table with Custom Dimension 1 and event count metric. The data control is set to Property A.
I set data control to Property B, which also has Custom Dimension 1.
The table, which should continue to show Custom Dimension 1 and event count metric now shows some completely different Dimension and event count.
My hypothesis is that the Custom Dimensions were not created in the same order in both properties, and so even though they share the same name "Custom Dimension 1", Looker Studio does not treat them as the same.
Anyone on the Looker Studio team know what is going on here?
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