“I’m using GA4 Measurement Protocol to track events on a Roku app, but I’m stuck on how to populate values like Users by Platform, Operating System, and others in my property’s dashboard. Anyone knows how I should adjust my HTTP requests to do this? Also, I tried using the ‘ua’ query param to fill the Users by OS table but it doesn’t seem to work… Read more

Hey there! So, I’ve just whipped up a new Google Chrome extension and I’d love to keep an eye on it using the in-built Google analytics. There’s a spot on my extension dashboard for a “Google analytics ID” (something like UA-XXXX), but all I can do is make new properties on the latest Google Analytics 4 (GA4) which uses a completely different ID… Read more

Hey there! I’m working with Google’s GA4 measurement protocol, logging offline conversions to Google Analytics. I’m focusing on two conversion events – “sale” and “purchase”. They’re being captured alright, and the revenue is visible in the Monetisation overview.

Here’s the hitch: it appears GA isn’t tying these events to other user dimensions. S…

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I understand your frustration. You are facing this problem due to certain limitations within GA4’s dimensions compatibility. GA4 doesn’t allow using the dimensions dateHourMinute and pagePathPlusQueryString together. The reason is that dateHourMinute is considered a higher cardinality dimension and GA4 prevents it from being used with certain… Read more

Absolutely! So to put it in more casual terms, your “session_id” and “engagement_time_msec” attributes need to be inputted as numbers, without any quotation marks around them. You can think of these attributes kinda like scores in a game: you wouldn’t put quotes around the number of points you scored, right? It’s the same idea here. I hope that… Read more

Yes, you’re on the right track. The updated schema change by Google just means that item-scoped dimensions (like “itemName”) and event-scoped metrics (like “itemViewEvents”) can no longer be queried together directly. But you can still get the information you need.

As an alternative to using a Custom Metric or Dimension, you can use the ‘event’… Read more

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) has a different set of parameters and data handling method compared to Universal Analytics. As you’ve noticed, GA4 doesn’t provide parameters like GeographicalOverride as it uses automated methods to detect geographical data. Sending Universal Analytics parameters as event parameters in GA4 can result in them appearing as… Read more

Sure, you can achieve this by querying multiple days across the different tables. It’s simply a matter of adjusting the ‘_table_suffix’ in your SQL code to the date range you’re interested in.

Here’s a quick example that might help:

`
select
*
from
— replace this with your Google Analytics 4 export location in BigQuery
ga4bigquery.a… Read more

Hey there, let’s try to untangle this!

These two filters aren’t playing nicely together because they’re trying to apply to the same event at the same time, but your customer_type parameter is actually on a different one altogether. So imagine your GA4 is on the lookout for the event that has both "who's making a purchase" AND "the customer_type… Read more

Sure! From your description, it sounds like either a delay in Google’s processing of data or an issue in how the custom dimensions are being captured or sent. One thing you could check is if the custom dimension is registered in each event where it should be sent. If it is, and you’re still not seeing data after 48-72 hours (Google Analytics can… Read more

There could be a few reasons for discrepancies between your BigQuery data and GA4’s total events report data. One such reason could be due to data latency. BigQuery typically takes 24-48 hours for normal data availability, and GA4 data could be bit more real-time. If your timeframe is within this latency period, you could be looking at different… Read more

Hey Yash, once the July 1, 2023 deadline hits, the old UA Google Tag will stop collecting data. That means you will need to switch over to GA4 by installing the new tag in your codebase. As much as I understand that you wouldn’t want to meddle with your codebase, I’m afraid it’s inevitable if you want to continue collecting data with Google Analytics.

Currently, as per the official Google Developers documentation, GA4 properties only support the Google Analytics Data API (previously called the App + Web properties API). The v4 Reporting API only works with Universal Analytics (UA) properties. There’s also no direct migration path from v4 to the Data API, as they have different structures and… Read more

It seems like you’re dealing with a problem related to the maximum string length that a regex can handle. One potential solution could be to break down your events and create separate filters for each one, rather than trying to fit all 20 events into one filter. Alternatively, you might want to review your regex to see if it can be simplified or… Read more