There could be a few reasons you’re experiencing this issue when filtering out internal traffic from your Google Analytics 4 (GA4) reports. First, it’s possible that not all internal traffic has been correctly filtered out. This could be due to not all internal IP addresses being included in the filter, certain devices or browsers not being… Read more

How can we use the Measurement protocol in GA4 to connect refund data back to the original order when the refund often happens beyond the 3 calendar day window? What’s the best way to understand which acquisition channels are creating the most refunds? Is there a programmatic solution within GA4, or do we need to use something like BigQuery or… Read more

Currently, Google Analytics 4 does not have a built-in report that readily shows user flow or pathing like the previous versions did. However, you can make use of the ‘Events’ and ‘User Explorer’ sections to track individual events and user interactions. You could also leverage the BigQuery export feature to dig deeper into the data and create a… Read more

It’s challenging to determine the exact issue without seeing the specific code snippets you’re referencing. Still, there are a few common misconceptions you might want to check.

Firstly, make sure you have matched the Client ID and Secret in your staging environment with those in your Oauth key file and also check that the data in your Oauth Key… Read more

Hey there!

So, here’s what I’m wrestling with. I’m trying to switch up a stream URL using this API[1].
Google UI hinted that I can change up the defaultUri in the request body.[2]
But it seems this only works with the proper updateMask[3].

Playing by the book here, I attempted to use the webStreamData.defaultUri updateMask.
Yet, I’m getting back…

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In short, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) gives you two main ways to track user interactions: automatic tracking, where GA4 figures out what to track for you, and custom tracking, where you code specific events you want to monitor.

Now, your concern is that you’re tracking a lot of custom events (mostly clicks) that might look messy in the GA4… Read more

Hey, I need some help understanding something. I thought we could turn off Google Analytics 4 (GA4) by changing the cookies settings via the OneTrust tool on “stackoverflow.com”, but it’s not working as expected. It seems GA4 continues sending network calls. Don’t believe me? Check out these screenshots I’ve taken. Here you can see the network… Read more