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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Troubleshooting live firing issues for Google Analytics 4 tags in Google Tag Manager in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-live-firing-issues-for-google-analytics-4-tags-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7604</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:39:02 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-live-firing-issues-for-google-analytics-4-tags-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7604"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Troubleshooting live firing issues for Google Analytics 4 tags in Google Tag Manager</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The person is experiencing difficulty in triggering GA4 events for their website when it goes live. The events work perfectly in the preview mode but not otherwise. The setup for GA4 configuration tag seems to be perfectly fine as it&#8217;s triggering every time a cmpEvent goes off. While they have double-checked the Google Tag Manager container and it&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1953"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-live-firing-issues-for-google-analytics-4-tags-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7604" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Retroactive Dimension Filling in GA4 using Page Data in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retroactive-dimension-filling-in-ga4-using-page-data/#post-7389</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:29:20 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retroactive-dimension-filling-in-ga4-using-page-data/#post-7389"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Retroactive Dimension Filling in GA4 using Page Data</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Unfortunately, if you&#8217;ve been sending data with incorrect mapping on your custom dimensions, the raw data Google Analytics 4 (GA4) received before you corrected the issue is not retrievable in the correctly mapped format. GA4 only processes data as it&#8217;s received; it doesn&#8217;t reprocess data based on changes you make to your configuration down the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1740"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retroactive-dimension-filling-in-ga4-using-page-data/#post-7389" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Analyzing Event Source on an Embedded Page with GA4 in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-event-source-on-an-embedded-page-with-ga4/#post-7368</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:28:25 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-event-source-on-an-embedded-page-with-ga4/#post-7368"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Analyzing Event Source on an Embedded Page with GA4</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>To correct your GA4 setup across two websites, you would need to accurately setup cross-domain tracking. Since you&#8217;re dealing with two sites (one of which is embedded via an iFrame), proper attribution is necessary to avoid &#8216;direct&#8217; sources. Consider creating separate GA cookies for each site, which will contribute to more accurate tracking. You&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1719"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-event-source-on-an-embedded-page-with-ga4/#post-7368" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton started the discussion Implementing Google Analytics 4 Function with document.createElement(&#039;script&#039;) in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-google-analytics-4-function-with-document-createelementscript/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:23:18 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-google-analytics-4-function-with-document-createelementscript/">Implementing Google Analytics 4 Function with document.createElement(&#039;script&#039;)</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to switch my website&#8217;s tracking to Google Analytics 4, and to do that I&#8217;ve got to put a specific script on my page. I wrote a chunk of JavaScript to stick it in if someone clicks the cookie acceptance button. Google gave me this script to use. I made a script tag and tried sticking the function in there, but it&#8217;s not playing ball. I&#8217;m&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-784"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-google-analytics-4-function-with-document-createelementscript/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton started the discussion What could be causing the discrepancy in results between adMatchedQuery in UA and sessionGoogleAdsQuery in GA4? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/what-could-be-causing-the-discrepancy-in-results-between-admatchedquery-in-ua-and-sessiongoogleadsquery-in-ga4/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:19:10 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/what-could-be-causing-the-discrepancy-in-results-between-admatchedquery-in-ua-and-sessiongoogleadsquery-in-ga4/">What could be causing the discrepancy in results between adMatchedQuery in UA and sessionGoogleAdsQuery in GA4?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>&#8220;Hey, I&#8217;ve been playing around with the query explorer GA4/UA and I noticed something odd. When I compare the number of results using sessions with either adMatchedQuery for UA or sessionGoogleAdsQuery for GA4, the outcomes don&#8217;t match &#8211; I get 4000 results for GA4 but just 40 for UA. What&#8217;s up with that?&#8221;</p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion How can I display a cumulative page view chart in GA4? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-display-a-cumulative-page-view-chart-in-ga4/#post-5836</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:14:02 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-display-a-cumulative-page-view-chart-in-ga4/#post-5836"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How can I display a cumulative page view chart in GA4?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Sure, I got you. Instead of going to Reports in GA4, use the Explorer view. You see, Reports in GA4 aren&#8217;t as flexible as they used to be in Universal Analytics where you could add filters and secondary dimensions. Here&#8217;s a way around it:</p>
<p>1. Go to the Explorer view. Be aware, though, that it&#8217;s subject to your data retention settings. You might&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-557"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-display-a-cumulative-page-view-chart-in-ga4/#post-5836" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton started the discussion Google Analytics 4 - Refunding Transactions and Internal Traffic in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/google-analytics-4-refunding-transactions-and-internal-traffic/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:15:30 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/google-analytics-4-refunding-transactions-and-internal-traffic/">Google Analytics 4 - Refunding Transactions and Internal Traffic</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>So, here&#8217;s the deal: I&#8217;ve managed to implement all the GA4 events, including those related to refunds. However, I&#8217;ve hit a snag. In our company, we&#8217;ve excluded traffic from internal IPs, and the admin page sits on one of these. I&#8217;m a bit stuck on how to get around this.</p>
<p>On a different note, I&#8217;m using gtag and I want to make it clear to GA4 that&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-400"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/google-analytics-4-refunding-transactions-and-internal-traffic/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Tracking page views of an embedded child page in GA4 using iframes in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/tracking-page-views-of-an-embedded-child-page-in-ga4-using-iframes/#post-5491</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:56:02 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/tracking-page-views-of-an-embedded-child-page-in-ga4-using-iframes/#post-5491"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Tracking page views of an embedded child page in GA4 using iframes</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey there! You might want to check your GTM Tag Configuration. There should be a trigger for &#8216;All Pages&#8217;, which usually has &#8216;Page View&#8217; as the default type. Make sure this is activated. Here let me show you an image for it: [photo](<a target='_blank' href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7lGld.png" rel="nofollow">https://i.stack.imgur.com/7lGld.png</a>).<br />
Just give that a look and hopefully that should get your Page View events&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-218"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/tracking-page-views-of-an-embedded-child-page-in-ga4-using-iframes/#post-5491" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Enhancing URL Recognition for Foreign Languages in Google Analytics 4 in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/enhancing-url-recognition-for-foreign-languages-in-google-analytics-4/#post-5471</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:55:13 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/enhancing-url-recognition-for-foreign-languages-in-google-analytics-4/#post-5471"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Enhancing URL Recognition for Foreign Languages in Google Analytics 4</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>From what you&#8217;ve described, it seems Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is trying to encode your URLs that have non-latin characters, which is causing problems for your data analysis. To address this, it might be helpful to implement URL rewriting rules on your website&#8217;s server. There&#8217;s a way in web servers to automatically rewrite URLs before they are sent&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-198"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/enhancing-url-recognition-for-foreign-languages-in-google-analytics-4/#post-5471" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Ashton replied to the discussion Implementing Website Search Tracking in GA4 with Google Tag Manager in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-website-search-tracking-in-ga4-with-google-tag-manager/#post-5402</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:52:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-website-search-tracking-in-ga4-with-google-tag-manager/#post-5402"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Implementing Website Search Tracking in GA4 with Google Tag Manager</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Based on your question, it seems like you&#8217;ve set up everything correctly but aren&#8217;t seeing the search term value appear in Google Analytics 4. This is most likely an issue with the variable configuration in Google Tag Manager.</p>
<p>In your variable settings in GTM, you&#8217;re trying to get the value of the parameter &#8216;tx_kesearch_pi1[sword]&#8217;. However,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-129"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-website-search-tracking-in-ga4-with-google-tag-manager/#post-5402" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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