[Olivia]

Unfortunately, there’s no direct way to use an API query to check if GA4 data is fully updated. However, you could potentially use scripts to monitor changes in data inflow, and once changes become minor or negligible, it often means the data is ready. Just remember, you might still encounter some modifications after this point as GA4 adjusts data for a few days.

[Olivia]

As the error suggests, modifying your Podfile may solve the issue. You can update your Podfile to include the ‘use_modular_headers!’ line at the top of your Podfile. This will apply the setting across all your dependencies. If you do not want to apply it to all your dependencies, you can use ‘:modular_headers => true’ for the specific dependencies which need it. After making the changes, run ‘pod install’ to reinstall your pods with these settings.

Regarding the alternative for GA4, unfortunately, Firebase is the approved method for using Google Analytics in a mobile environment like React Native. Firebase now contains all of the features of Google Analytics and more. It’s recommended to integrate Firebase for using Google Analytics. There might be third-party libraries available, but those won’t offer the full range of functionality and might breach the terms of Google’s API use. It’s best to work towards resolving the Firebase integration issue.

[Olivia]

Sure, I’d be happy to help. Here are a few things you could consider. First, ensure your tracking logic can handle the URL changes that occur when users adjust search filters. It’s possible that dynamic URL elements may be interfering with your tracking. Second, it might be helpful to add additional custom events in your code that can track both when a user adjusts filters and when the updated results load. Lastly, you’ll also want to make sure you’re properly tracking your funnel through to the checkout and completion processes. Adapt your click stream analysis to coincide with your checkout event and make sure the transaction completion page also has its own custom event. This data can be used to verify if the transaction was completed successfully. By meticulously tracking and analyzing each step, you should be able to identify where the process is falling apart.

[Olivia]

Hey there!

I see what you’re getting at! Firstly, dumping all button classes into DL can be a bit of a messy approach. Google Tag Manager (GTM) can gather all the info from a clicked HTML element without the data layer (DL). Usually, the front-end needs to do some sorting (like bucketing buttons into groups). This way, your analytics team won’t have to constantly check for updates or changes to the CSS.

By the time your DL events get to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), they should ideally go through GTM. Cutting GTM out and directly using gtag.js isn’t the best practice. One tip is that GA4 shouldn’t see any of those classes in its data because the stakeholders shouldn’t have to translate CSS classes into business insights. Plus, GA4 has a cap on the number of custom dimensions it can use per event.

But to answer your question, you can have some variety in fields for the same event as long as GTM can host the code to parse them all. Regardless of what you push to DL, GTM will reconfigure it to a network request. From there, it’s sent to GA4, which will ignore all event properties that aren’t registered into custom dimensions through its UI.

As for potential ways for avoiding repeated entries, here’s how you can tie your events together:
1. Create dataLayer variables for each field (excluding the event). Check out this example: [link to image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/28yP4.png)
2. Write code that parses these variables and returns what you need. You can group them in any way you like ([example image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7rHLG.png)).
3. Lastly, use your Custom JavaScript (CJS) in an event field in your GA4 tag ([example image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l072B.png)).

Just a tip: make sure you only have this tag triggered on button_click Data Layer Event trigger. Otherwise, there might be a hiccup or two. Hope that helps a bit!

[Olivia]

This issue does seem a bit complicated, but it’s not unresolvable. One of the key problems is Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) feature which aims to prevent third-party trackers from capturing information about users’ web activity. It’s stricter with third-party cookies, the ones that are used when your Google Analytics runs in an iframe.

So here’s a possible workaround: you may want to store and pass GA (Google Analytics) data via a server, going around the third-party cookie restrictions. What this entails is creating a new, “first-party” endpoint in your back-end that can collect data from within the iframe, then pass that up to the parent page – your main site. You can then utilize this data to communicate with Google Analytics.

This server-side approach can require more time and technical expertise. Unfortunately as of now, given Safari’s stringent policies, this could be one of the few relatively reliable solutions. You should consider reaching out to a web developer or a team familiar with your web systems, if you haven’t done so already. They probably will be able to provide you a concrete plan to set up this server-side communication for Google Analytics.