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				<title>Finley replied to the discussion Understanding PHP Implementation of the Google Analytics API in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-php-implementation-of-the-google-analytics-api/#post-7525</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:35:31 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-php-implementation-of-the-google-analytics-api/#post-7525"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Understanding PHP Implementation of the Google Analytics API</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Without being able to see the PHP code snippet and output snippet mentioned, providing a precise solution is challenging. However, generally speaking, once you&#8217;ve created a new property using Google&#8217;s Analytics PHP API, the propertySummary list should indeed include this newly created property. If it doesn&#8217;t, you may want to check that the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1875"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-php-implementation-of-the-google-analytics-api/#post-7525" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley started the discussion Can GA4 track email open rates? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:29:49 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/can-ga4-track-email-open-rates/">Can GA4 track email open rates?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey, I noticed that Universal Analytics has this thing called &#8220;Email Tracking &#8211; Measurement Protocol&#8221; which is great for keeping track of email actions. But I looked over the GA4 documentation and couldn&#8217;t seem to find a similar feature. Do you know if GA4 might introduce something like this in the future? Or did I maybe miss an alternative method&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1751"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/can-ga4-track-email-open-rates/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley replied to the discussion Optimizing JSON Export with Null Values in BigQuery&#039;s Delimited Format in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/optimizing-json-export-with-null-values-in-bigquerys-delimited-format/#post-7159</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:19:07 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/optimizing-json-export-with-null-values-in-bigquerys-delimited-format/#post-7159"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Optimizing JSON Export with Null Values in BigQuery&#039;s Delimited Format</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>It seems that you&#8217;re encountering a common issue within BigQuery and JSONL format. First, JSON by nature does not maintain the order of its keys (or in this case, columns). This is a property of the data structure itself, since JSON objects are unordered sets of key-value pairs. Hence, the issue you are experiencing with the column order being&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1510"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/optimizing-json-export-with-null-values-in-bigquerys-delimited-format/#post-7159" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley replied to the discussion Improving Google Analytics Audience Creation with Regex in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/improving-google-analytics-audience-creation-with-regex/#post-6685</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:48:29 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/improving-google-analytics-audience-creation-with-regex/#post-6685"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Improving Google Analytics Audience Creation with Regex</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The first regex you&#8217;ve written includes a &#8220;$&#8221; symbol after each term which means it will only match entries that end with the specified term. Consequently, this may exclude matches where there are additional characters or words after the term in your event names. Also, there appears to be a discrepancy between the list of terms you&#8217;ve mentioned&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1404"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/improving-google-analytics-audience-creation-with-regex/#post-6685" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley started the discussion Extracting Ecommerce Purchase Item Names for GTM Marketing Tag in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/extracting-ecommerce-purchase-item-names-for-gtm-marketing-tag/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:44:10 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/extracting-ecommerce-purchase-item-names-for-gtm-marketing-tag/">Extracting Ecommerce Purchase Item Names for GTM Marketing Tag</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>I&#8217;m currently trying to extract only the &#8220;item_name&#8221; data from my purchase dataLayer. I&#8217;m using the dataLayer variable, but it doesn&#8217;t seem to be working. Since &#8220;ecommerce.items&#8221; renders the entire item info, I&#8217;ve attempted to create a JavaScript Variable in Google Tag Manager. However, I&#8217;m still getting an array of values instead of the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1298"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/extracting-ecommerce-purchase-item-names-for-gtm-marketing-tag/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley replied to the discussion Debugged GTM tag for GA4 not visible in Network tab or debug view in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/debugged-gtm-tag-for-ga4-not-visible-in-network-tab-or-debug-view/#post-6555</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:43:17 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/debugged-gtm-tag-for-ga4-not-visible-in-network-tab-or-debug-view/#post-6555"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Debugged GTM tag for GA4 not visible in Network tab or debug view</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>It sounds like you have correctly set up Google Tag Manager and GA4 for your single page application, but are having trouble seeing the page views in your network. There could be various reasons for this issue. It could relate to certain blockers, e.g., ad blockers or privacy extensions that might prevent the correct data from being sent to Google&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1275"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/debugged-gtm-tag-for-ga4-not-visible-in-network-tab-or-debug-view/#post-6555" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley replied to 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/#post-5963</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:19:12 +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/#post-5963"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> 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>The disparate number of results you&#8217;re seeing between adMatchedQuery for UA (Universal Analytics) and sessionGoogleAdsQuery for GA4 (Google Analytics 4) could potentially be due to various factors. One key reason could be a difference in the time range that has been selected for these queries. Another reason could be because GA4 doesn&#8217;t use the&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-683"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/what-could-be-causing-the-discrepancy-in-results-between-admatchedquery-in-ua-and-sessiongoogleadsquery-in-ga4/#post-5963" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Finley started the discussion Utilizing Google Tag Manager&#039;s REST APIs to Generate GA4 Tags in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-google-tag-managers-rest-apis-to-generate-ga4-tags/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:16:53 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-google-tag-managers-rest-apis-to-generate-ga4-tags/">Utilizing Google Tag Manager&#039;s REST APIs to Generate GA4 Tags</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey, we&#8217;ve got a bit of a situation. We love our website and now we&#8217;re looking to get our Universal Analytics tags switched over to GA4 tags, but we&#8217;re all about that work smarter not harder lifestyle &#8211; no manual migrating for us! We stumbled upon these super nifty Google Tag Manager (GTM) REST APIs for creating tags, triggers, and so on, and it&#8217;s&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-627"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-google-tag-managers-rest-apis-to-generate-ga4-tags/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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