January 2012 is when the new Google Analytics interface becomes the default, and we can say goodbye to the interface people have been accustomed to for years. There are some extremely useful features in the new version and I’ve got quite used to Google testing the new layout this year, but there are 3 things I’ll miss.

Today’s date

currently I have to use the old version to see anything today, the new version either doesn’t show today’s date, or if it is available and selected, the date range drops back to previous date. I hope this is a glitch in supporting both systems concurrently, and not an ongoing ‘feature’ of the new version. (Yes, my accounts are set to the correct time zone)

Account overview

The opening page that shows all your accounts with a quick look at what has changed. This is not currently available in the new version.

Percentage of total by item

I use this a lot to understand the proportion of segments compared to overall per item (in this case source/medium). The new version shows a percentage for the entire segment under the report heading but not for each item in the data table.

What will you miss from the current Google Analytics?