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If, for example, he sees that you require a high-cardinality dimension, he can change and use the granular to not give you the “(others)” data, but as a downside, that could cause the report to have sampling despite being a standard report.

Likewise, if when you request data from the browser, the data is simple (it doesn’t use segments, special data crossings, or anything like that), you could use the aggregate system to give you the data faster (and yes, you might see “(others)” in these reports because of this functionality.

How do I then detect in which system my report was created?
The first thing is that this doesn’t matter much unless the aforementioned GA4 limitations affect us. Yes, the final session and user data may be slightly different between the aggregated and granular systems, but they’re not that different in reality, and sometimes they even match. So let’s not rely on the data being 100% accurate. Let’s only focus on when it changes radically from one system to the other. This will almost always happen when those limitations come into play.

Still, you’re legitimately curious about which reporting engine was responsible for providing you with an answer. That’s something GA4 won’t tell you, but you can guess or guess at it yourself:

To detect whether a granular report is sampling, simply look at the report itself: If the sampling icon appears, it means we’re in the granular reporting engine. The aggregate doesn’t have sampling.

To detect cardinality problems, we will look for data with the value “(others)”, which, in addition to removing data from the report, will tell us that we are in the GA4 aggregate system.

The query limitations for each system also force GA4 to use one engine or another, so you’ll often know what’s going to happen before you even request the data:
If you want data above the data retention period, you will only have it in the aggregated system.
and if you want segments or pivot tables, these are only possible in the granular.

Our recommendation for working through this madness of uncertainty:
1. Primarily use standard reports for your work.

Avoid high-cardinality dimensions and make sure sampling doesn’t appear. This will keep you in the aggregated system and ensure that what you view matches Looker Studio, Sheets, and other reports. Ultimately, as long as you stay here, you’ll be happy.

2. Only switch to explorer reports when you need something that standard reports don’t offer.

Since you’ll be using resources that aren’t available in standard reports (segments, advanced table options), you’ll force the system to work in granular mode.

Whatever the case, always keep an eye on GA4’s limitations to know what and how you’re querying it.