George
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This issue could be a result of how your pages are firing off the page_view event. GA4 fires the page_view event immediately when a page loads. If you have any code or plugins that modify the page title after this event fires, GA4 could be sending the title of the previous page, then updating it when the actual title is set, resulting in the same param value being shown twice.
To troubleshoot this, you might want to check the order in which things are loading on your pages. Consider firing a custom event after the page title is definitively set to ensure the correct page title is sent to GA4. You could also consider using a debugger to see when exactly the page_view event is firing and if it aligns with when the page’s title is set.
If none of these work, there could be an issue with how you’ve configured GA4, so make sure to cross-reference with Google’s implementation guide to confirm you’ve set everything up correctly.
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It seems like you’re having issues with your ecommerce setup on GA4, specifically with generating and interpreting reports based on transaction IDs and revenue. Apart from that, it looks like there are some purchases with no transaction IDs linked and some instances where one transaction ID is associated with multiple purchases, which is not suppose to happen ordinarily. Also, you’re trying to review some custom parameters and thinking about adding a ‘payment_type’ to the purchase event. You’re wondering if it’s possible and how you can check if it’s part of the data layer values when the purchase event occurs and looking for tutorials on data layers. In terms of your funnel steps and transaction IDs, you suspect that your events might be triggering more times than they should, which could be contributing to the issues you’re experiencing.
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It can be a bit of a pickle when BigQuery can’t correctly match the source and medium to an event, can’t it? It appears that it defaults the source and medium as google/organic even if the gclid parameter is present in the link. Another issue I noticed is how it falls short in recognizing the source when it’s direct, resulting in cases where we don’t have these parameters for events at all.
Just to point out, however, these values are valid for the source and medium that acquired the user. And when I cross-compared the data in Universal Analytics (UA) and Google Analytics 4 (GA4), the session attribution seems to be correct. The crux of the issue might lie in the exporting process to BigQuery. Rest assured, I’ve reached out to support and am currently waiting for a response.
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Unfortunately, the current version of Google Analytics 4 doesn’t allow populating existing parameters like Application Name and App Version through the Measurement Protocol. However, the silver lining is that GA4 is still evolving, and this feature may be added in the future.
For now, the workaround is to declare custom parameters for app_name and app_version. Once you’ve done that, you can align these new parameters with custom Dimensions inside the GA4 interface. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s currently the only way to get the job done in GA4.
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In Google Analytics 4 (GA4), there’s not a direct equivalent of the ‘Page Value’ metric from Universal Analytics (UA), as GA4 introduces an event-based model which is distinctly different from UA’s session-based model. However, you can create similar measurements using the ‘Engagement per screen’ metrics.
In GA4, you can define your own events and event parameters. So, you can configure it to measure specific engagement or conversions that you’d like to track for each page, like clicks on links, form submissions, or time spent per page. Additionally, GA4’s improved AI can also provide valuable insights into user behavior on your site.
It’s also worth noting that you can use BigQuery with GA4, which lets you build custom metrics based on raw data from your website traffic. Remember that migrating from UA to GA4 may necessitate a change in the way you measure and interpret your data. It’s best to become familiar with how GA4 uses an event-based measurement model to get the most out of your analysis.
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Ah, I see what you mean now. You’re looking for a function similar to ‘hitCallback’ that you used with Universal Google Analytics, but for Google Analytics 4, right? I believe what you’re after is the ‘event_callback’ parameter. I just stumbled upon it myself after some searching too, and thought it might be useful for you as well. If you want to read up on it some more, here’s a link to the reference section of Google’s gtag parameters: [gtag reference parameters](https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/gtagjs/reference/parameters).
