When you’re using the Measurement Protocol to send data, the geographical information like “City” and “Country” are automatically determined by Google Analytics through the IP address from where the hit originated. If you are seeing “(not set)” for “City” and “Country”, it could be because the IP address from the hit can’t be geo-located. Google… Read more

Yes, that is correct. GA4 displays tax and shipping details as numerical values rather than the traditional $ format. This is because GA4 treats these as numerical metrics which can be calculated and analyzed, rather than as monetary values. If you want to see them in a $ format, it might be best to calculate these on your own or within your… Read more

Hey there, I need some help. I’ve been trying to follow this YouTube tutorial to link an existing GTM to a fresh GA4 property. I used the GA4 configuration and measurement ID from the GA4 property, but I’m not sure if it’s working right. My GTM tag is already happily connecting to a GA3 property and the data flow seems fine. I’ve even tried debug…

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Hey folks,

So here’s the deal. I’m crunching some numbers for a client, right? They want me to pull in the number of transactions and the revenue from those transactions, all sorted by Google Ads campaign ID. I’ve got my query all set up like this:

[display query]

This should work fine and dandy and give me “The count of transaction events with… Read more

Sure, I can certainly explain it in a more casual way!

It sounds like the issue might be related to permissions. When you’re given access to view the data, there are a whole bunch of different settings that can be adjusted to control what you can see. One of these settings lets you hide the revenue information. So it might be a good idea to… Read more

Hey, I’ve got a couple of metrics I’d like to set up on my API – “Entrances”, “Exits”, and “Views”. Any idea how to go about doing that? Here’s a link I found, by the way:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9143382#zippy=%2Cpage-screen

Google Analytics Data API should be capable of handling multibyte characters like Japanese in event names. However, the “Bad Request” error you’re encountering may be related to incorrect encoding, misconfiguration, or the API doesn’t understand the request due to incorrect syntax. Please double-check the request you’re sending to ensure it is… Read more

Looks like you’ve bumped into GA4’s character limit for regular expressions, which tops off at 256 characters. If your expression runs over this, it’s likely the culprit behind why you’re seeing less events come through than expected.

But don’t worry, there’re a few workarounds to this. One method is to use Looker Studio where you can handle your…

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