Absolutely, you can leverage Google Analytics or similar tools for this. These tools categorize users based on their device. So, you can directly find the number and percentage of users visiting your site via mobile or desktop. You just set the dimension to “Device Category” and this reveals the necessary statistics. Creating or calculating a… Read more

Hey there, I’ve recently been managing tracking and reporting for a new site using GA4 and Big Query export. As I started to put together a report, I noticed that out of hundreds, 5 session IDs have 2 distinct user pseudo ids linked to them. Do you have any thoughts on why this could be happening? I was assuming that a single pseudo user id could… Read more

Sure, it could be a bit tricky, but nothing you can’t handle! You might be able to override some default dimensions. You can take a gander at it here. Similar steps might work for other dimensions as well.

You could also peek at the network request and see if deviceCategory can be given a new look by setting it as an event property.

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Hey, no worries, we’ve all been there! You’re right, the numbers seem to be dancing on different beats in GA4 and BigQuery. But hey, let’s see if we can get them to tango together.

One area to peek into might be your source table. If your website is rolling with a consent mode, you might find some ‘user_pseudo_id’s that have turned out to be shy…

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Hey there! I’m hoping to pluck some data out of GA4, specifically related to the “Editor name” and “Published date.” You can get a better idea of what I’m hunting for in the screenshot I’ve attached here – give it a peek.

I’m new to GTM, so if you could give me a beginner’s step-by-step guide to accomplish this, that’d be a lifesaver!

Just as a…

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Hey there, I’m pulling data through Google Analytics’ Data API V1 and aiming to collate data for a specific date range – say one day, for several dimensions (I’m breaking it up into 7 segments for each request). But here’s the snag: when I’m pulling the data, the row count isn’t adding up, even when I keep dimensions consistent, like date or…

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Based on what’s included here, it’s possible that the issue might be occurring due to the regular expression not being correctly configured. It seems from your screenshot that you are using the regex validator in the text field of your variable configuration. This may only validate if the input matches the regular expression, rather than… Read more