Hey there! So, in a nutshell, what you’re asking for isn’t really something that can be done with Google Analytics alone. Google takes user privacy very seriously, so they don’t allow any personally identifiable information (like email, phone numbers or social security numbers) to be passed through their system.

But, if you’re tracking user… Read more

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Just to clear up the situation a bit – it’s totally normal that your custom parameters are appearing as ‘(not set)’ for the ‘session_start’ and ‘first_visit’ events. These are auto-collected events and unfortunately, they’re just not designed to capture custom parameters. It’s kind of like they’ve got their own thing going on, y… Read more

Hey there! I was going through this awesome Event reference page and saw a ton of interesting stuff! Just wondering, where can I find the details about the basic events like “page_view”, “event”, “timing”, and “exception”? Thanks!

Hey folks! Just wanted to get your thoughts on how and where to mix in parameters with the GTM dataLayer model with the GA4 JS events (you know, the ones listed out here). Let’s say we’re talking about a ‘video_start’ event: am I right in thinking I can just push that event right onto the Data Layer and we’ll be able to start automatically… Read more

Yes, it’s possible to add your Google Analytics code in a different spot within your Angular project. One common method is to inject the Google Analytics script dynamically using TypeScript. You can create a service for it.

In the service, you can use the Renderer2 from ‘@angular/core’ to create a script element, set the ‘src’ attribute to… Read more

From the sound of it, it seems like you’ve encountered a common issue in reporting where adding another dimension, in this case, ‘usergender’, to your report can cause the return of an empty response especially if the data source for that dimension doesn’t have usable data. ‘SetIncludeEmptyRows’ should ideally work, but there could be a number of… Read more

The simplest way to start tracking drag and drop actions on your web app using Google Tag Manager (GTM) would be to incorporate JavaScript event listeners, which would pick up on “dragstart” and “drop” events.

Firstly, create two new Custom HTML tags in GTM. The tag for the “dragstart” event would leverage a JavaScript event listener set to… Read more

Hey! Just so you know, you actually can create a client_id. GA4 generates it in a similar way to UA – you don’t need anything from Google to make it.

You could also try going straight for the Measurement Protocol: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/ga4. The links given by @dockeryZ might work better if you o… Read more

Hey folks, I’m a newbie to GTM and I’m straggling a bit with getting ecommerce conversion tracking working on GA4. Here’s how it looks in debug mode in GTM – the tag just isn’t firing. Any ideas what might be going wrong?

I’ve tried hard to figure this out: doing my research, checking out the source code, chatting to the developer who popped the…

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There could be multiple reasons for the misalignment between Shopify and Google Analytics revenue data. First, check if the Google Analytics tracking code has been properly installed on all pages of your Shopify store. Also, ensure that you have enabled eCommerce tracking in your Google Analytics account. It’s crucial that your redirect script… Read more

It’s really great to hear that you’ve managed to link your application to GA4 and see user counts! But running into an issue where custom dimensions aren’t reflected in the GA4 reports can be frustrating. Generally, the delay can be because GA4 may take up to 24-48 hours to fully reflect new data, especially for custom segments or dimensions.… Read more

It’s likely you’re seeing an error because the syntax of your query is incorrect. In the Google Analytics 4 (GA4) SQL system, custom dimensions are not queried in the same way as regular dimensions. The ‘Dimensions’ in your query is likely being interpreted as a column name, resulting in an error because there’s no such column present in the… Read more

It’s not just you! Google Analytics 4 and Universal Analytics do have different ways of collecting and processing data, so there can definitely be discrepancies between them. Sometimes it’s due to the way sessions are counted, how users are tracked, or the types of interactions that count as engagement. That could explain why your page views are… Read more

Unfortunately, as of now, entrances data is not directly available via Google Analytics 4 Reporting API. The GA4 Reporting API has its own set of metrics and dimensions that it supports, and currently, it does not include entrances. It’s important to remember that the API and the Google Analytics interface don’t always offer the same data. The… Read more

It’s possible that the discrepancy you’re seeing between GA4 and UA could be due to the fundamental difference in how both tracking systems work. The GA4 works based on events, whereas UA is mainly about sessions. So, a page view in GA4 might not necessarily reflect the same thing as a session in UA. Different aspects such as custom parameters and… Read more