Sure, I can break it down more casually!

So, the hiccup seems to be coming from the way you’re trying to count pageviews in the GA4 data on BigQuery. Here’s your code, right?

select count(distinct case when event_name = 'page_view' then concat (user_pseudo_id, cast(event_timestamp as string)) end) as pageviews

At a guess, I’d say it’s got its k… Read more

Hey gang, I’ve got a little problem here with GA4. See, normally I can see Google Ads related metrics like Google Ads cost there. Now, I need to extract that same data through API, using Fivetran. But it’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack – that metric seems nowhere to be found in the API. Even checked GA4 explorer, but it’s a no show… Read more

1. The Basics

We’re grooving with GA4, and without GA360.

2. The Problem

Here’s the thing. I’m searching my records, right? Each one should show up with its timeline – easy peasy lemon squeezy. But, somehow the count of events changes when I switch up the date filters.

3. The Goal

All I want in my life is a simple report. Each event should count…

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It seems like you’re trying to get payment insights about the performance of individual products from ‘view_item_list’ events in your Monetization/Ecommerce Purchases report. Unfortunately, the ‘view_item_list’ events data you are looking for – individual products’ performance – is not auto-reflected in the Monetization report. However, you have a… Read more

Hey there, I was using this custom dimension in Google Analytics Data API v1Beta to pull data from our GA4 account, and until yesterday things were working fine. But now I’m seeing this error saying I need to remove ‘customEvent:institution_id’ to make the request compatible. Any clue why this is happening? It seems like there’s some issue with… Read more

It does seem like your application is experiencing a memory leak. Generally, elements inserted into the DOM should not persist across navigation in a Single Page Application (SPA) like Angular. The view should be completely destroyed and recreated when navigating to a new route. Based on your explanation, it might indeed, be the behavior of the… Read more

Yeah, migrating to GA4 can be a bit tricky sometimes. It sounds like you’re doing everything right though! Here are a couple things you might want to double-check:

1. Have you added the custom dimension values from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4?
2. Can you see if the data is passing correctly in the ‘Debug View’? You can find this… Read more

It sounds like your service account might not have the necessary permissions within your Google Analytics account. Even though you’ve set it to have full owner permissions, you might need to go into your Google Analytics account settings and explicitly give your service account email permission to access the account. Try adding the service account… Read more

Seems like a classic case of the stubborn GA4 playing hardball again. Try checking if your email provider is correctly encoding links for reporting – that could be the hiccup. Might be good to test your email template links too. And hey, maybe there are ghosts in the machine just playing tricks on you. Keep your chin up buddy, you’ll figure it out.

Hey Yash,

You bet! Your current approach is considered a “Minimum Viable Product”(MVP) migration – kind of like the basic, ready-to-go version. As long as you’re using tracking mainly just for the heck of it and not for any heavy-duty, data-driven business decisions, you’re good to go with your old UA code.

When, or if, you ever feel the need of… Read more

It seems like you have correctly set up the Branch SDK and Google Analytics 4 to send Branch.io events to your GA4 dashboard based on the documentation you have provided. It’s not uncommon, however, to not see test data immediately appear in your GA4 dashboard. There could be a delay between when data is sent from Branch and when it appears on G… Read more