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				<title>George started the discussion Implementing Metric Filtering in GA4 API with PHP Library in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-metric-filtering-in-ga4-api-with-php-library/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:30:14 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-metric-filtering-in-ga4-api-with-php-library/">Implementing Metric Filtering in GA4 API with PHP Library</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey folks, I&#8217;m messing around with the GA4 api php library and trying to learn how to filter dimensions. But I&#8217;m stuck as it&#8217;s currently in beta and the php examples I need are nowhere to be found.</p>
<p>Right now when I run my code, I get &#8220;Expect GoogleAnalyticsDataV1betaNumericValue.&#8221; popping up.</p>
<p>If anyone can point me in the right direction, that&#8217;d&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1760"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-metric-filtering-in-ga4-api-with-php-library/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>George replied to the discussion Retrieving GA4 Google Analytics data for dimensions with missing or unset values in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-ga4-google-analytics-data-for-dimensions-with-missing-or-unset-values/#post-7318</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:26:10 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-ga4-google-analytics-data-for-dimensions-with-missing-or-unset-values/#post-7318"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Retrieving GA4 Google Analytics data for dimensions with missing or unset values</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>You are correct in your observation. By default, Google Analytics GA4 omits rows where values of the specified dimensions are null. However, you have incorporated the &#8216;keep_empty_rows&#8217; argument in your RunReportRequest, and have set it to &#8216;True&#8217;. This should ideally prevent the exclusion of rows with null values. It looks like your code is&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1669"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-ga4-google-analytics-data-for-dimensions-with-missing-or-unset-values/#post-7318" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>George started the discussion Understanding and Calculating GA4 Engagement Rate in BigQuery in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-and-calculating-ga4-engagement-rate-in-bigquery/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:25:50 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-and-calculating-ga4-engagement-rate-in-bigquery/">Understanding and Calculating GA4 Engagement Rate in BigQuery</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Can someone help me calculate &#8216;engagement rate&#8217; on BigQuery with the same definition as Google Analytics 4, which should apply to all platforms (iOS / Android / Web)? I&#8217;m a bit lost with several engagement-related parameters and their values. The options I tried don&#8217;t give the same results as in the GA4 UI. So, what is the context of each&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1661"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-and-calculating-ga4-engagement-rate-in-bigquery/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>George started the discussion Understanding the Functionality of the ecommerce Property in GTM Events in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-the-functionality-of-the-ecommerce-property-in-gtm-events/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:24:15 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-the-functionality-of-the-ecommerce-property-in-gtm-events/">Understanding the Functionality of the ecommerce Property in GTM Events</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>So, we&#8217;ve got these two tracking methods right now in GA4—<code>gtag</code> and GTM’s <code>dataLayer</code>.</p>
<p><a target='_blank' href="https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ga4/ecommerce?client_type=gtag#select_an_item_from_a_list" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow"><code>gtag</code> doesn&#8217;t need the <code>ecommerce</code> attribute</a> to work, but GTM’s <a target='_blank' href="https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ga4/ecommerce?client_type=gtm#select_an_item_from_a_list" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow"><code>dataLayer</code></a> does.<br />
Take a look at what I mean:</p>
<pre><code><span class="hljs-title function_">gtag</span>(<span class="hljs-string">"event"</span>, <span class="hljs-string">"add_payment_info"</span>, {
  <span class="hljs-attr">items</span>: [
    {
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    }
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});

dataLayer.<span class="hljs-title function_">push</span>({
  <span class="hljs-attr">event</span>: <span class="hljs-string">"add_payment_info"</span>,
  <span class="hljs-attr">ecommerce</span>: {
    <span&hellip;</code></pre>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1625"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/understanding-the-functionality-of-the-ecommerce-property-in-gtm-events/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>George replied to the discussion Analyzing Acquisition Data in GA4: HTTP Referrer vs. UTM Parameters in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-acquisition-data-in-ga4-http-referrer-vs-utm-parameters/#post-7143</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:18:25 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-acquisition-data-in-ga4-http-referrer-vs-utm-parameters/#post-7143"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Analyzing Acquisition Data in GA4: HTTP Referrer vs. UTM Parameters</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Sure thing! The UTM parameters bag the top priority. So for Q1, your Google Analytics report will display &#8216;linkedin/testsocialpost&#8217;. As for Q2, you&#8217;ve got it bang on!</p>
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				<title>George replied to the discussion Do GA4 Funnel Explorations exclude data with user_id association or implementation? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/do-ga4-funnel-explorations-exclude-data-with-user_id-association-or-implementation/#post-6238</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:30:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/do-ga4-funnel-explorations-exclude-data-with-user_id-association-or-implementation/#post-6238"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Do GA4 Funnel Explorations exclude data with user_id association or implementation?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>You&#8217;re having some trouble with Funnel Explorations in Google Analytics when user_id data comes into play. From your description and screenshots, it seems the user counts shown vary different reports. You were informed by Google Support that Funnel Explorations doesn&#8217;t show any events where a user_id is involved, which is quite confusing,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-958"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/do-ga4-funnel-explorations-exclude-data-with-user_id-association-or-implementation/#post-6238" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>George replied to the discussion Discrepancy in Google Analytics 4 Data between Looker Studio and BigQuery Connectors in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/discrepancy-in-google-analytics-4-data-between-looker-studio-and-bigquery-connectors/#post-6233</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:30:10 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/discrepancy-in-google-analytics-4-data-between-looker-studio-and-bigquery-connectors/#post-6233"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Discrepancy in Google Analytics 4 Data between Looker Studio and BigQuery Connectors</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The discrepancy you&#8217;re noticing can occur because Google Analytics and BigQuery can process and aggregate data differently. &#8216;A&#8217; is using raw event data in BigQuery, whereas &#8216;B&#8217; gets pre-aggregated data from the Google Analytics connector. It&#8217;s always important to remember any processing or aggregating nuances when comparing data from two different sources.</p>
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				<title>George replied to the discussion How to track user search keywords with Google Analytics and Search Console? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-track-user-search-keywords-with-google-analytics-and-search-console/#post-5333</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:54:27 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-track-user-search-keywords-with-google-analytics-and-search-console/#post-5333"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How to track user search keywords with Google Analytics and Search Console?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>To find out what keywords people are using when they stumble upon your website via Google, you need to use Google Search Console. This tool from Google allows you to understand and enhance your site&#8217;s presence in Google Search results. You can link it with your Google Analytics account, and it will show the keywords people used. You can also view&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-77"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-track-user-search-keywords-with-google-analytics-and-search-console/#post-5333" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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