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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Finding documentation for GA4 page_view event in Google Analytics in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/finding-documentation-for-ga4-page_view-event-in-google-analytics/#post-7239</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:22:46 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/finding-documentation-for-ga4-page_view-event-in-google-analytics/#post-7239"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Finding documentation for GA4 page_view event in Google Analytics</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey there! The &#8220;page_view&#8221; details you&#8217;re after are actually already part of the document you referred to. You can find it on the &#8220;<a target='_blank' href="https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/gtagjs/reference/events#page_view" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow">page_view</a>&#8221; section. It&#8217;s fully devoted to this event.</p>
<p>Now about &#8220;events&#8221; in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), it&#8217;s all about making everything an event, unlike in Universal Analytics (UA) where you have distinct types such as&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1590"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/finding-documentation-for-ga4-page_view-event-in-google-analytics/#post-7239" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver started the discussion How can I ensure consistent _ga cookie creation between GA4 and UA? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-ensure-consistent-_ga-cookie-creation-between-ga4-and-ua/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:21:27 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-ensure-consistent-_ga-cookie-creation-between-ga4-and-ua/">How can I ensure consistent _ga cookie creation between GA4 and UA?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey, I&#8217;ve been using both GA4 and UA in tandem and I&#8217;ve run into a bit of a snag. I use GTM to read user&#8217;s _ga cookies and then send them to UA, but I&#8217;ve noticed that sometimes a cookie starts with GA1.2&#8230; and at other times it&#8217;s GA1.1&#8230; I believe one is created by GA4 and the other by UA. The issue here is that I can&#8217;t create reports on Users&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1562"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-ensure-consistent-_ga-cookie-creation-between-ga4-and-ua/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Exploring Automation Options for Tag and Trigger Creation in Google Tag Manager in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/exploring-automation-options-for-tag-and-trigger-creation-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7109</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:16:57 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/exploring-automation-options-for-tag-and-trigger-creation-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7109"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Exploring Automation Options for Tag and Trigger Creation in Google Tag Manager</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Sure, happy to explain it again! What if I told you that you could sort of put a single tag or trigger to cover all your components, instead of making individual tags for each one? Sounds great, right? Well, this can actually be achieved very easily and is common practice with the dataLayer implementation in GTM!</p>
<p>Let me explain a little bit&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1461"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/exploring-automation-options-for-tag-and-trigger-creation-in-google-tag-manager/#post-7109" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Analyzing Custom Events in Google Analytics 4 in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-custom-events-in-google-analytics-4/#post-7086</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:15:55 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-custom-events-in-google-analytics-4/#post-7086"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Analyzing Custom Events in Google Analytics 4</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>It sounds like you are having trouble setting up custom events in Google Analytics for your SPA (Single Page Application) and viewing the data in the desired format. When you send events to Google Analytics, make sure you’re sending them in a format that Google Analytics can recognize, and that they align with your custom definitions for &#8216;meal&#8217; a&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1438"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/analyzing-custom-events-in-google-analytics-4/#post-7086" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver started the discussion Troubleshooting a sudden tracking issue with e-commerce purchases on a WordPress site in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-a-sudden-tracking-issue-with-e-commerce-purchases-on-a-wordpress-site/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:38:06 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-a-sudden-tracking-issue-with-e-commerce-purchases-on-a-wordpress-site/">Troubleshooting a sudden tracking issue with e-commerce purchases on a WordPress site</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Out of the blue, the <code>purchase</code> event on our online store ceased tracking. However, all the other events like <code>begin_checkout</code>, <code>add_to_cart</code>, <code>add_payment_info</code> and so on, are dutifully being tracked. A bit strange, huh?</p>
<p>We&#8217;re using Google Tag Manager along with GA4 to track these commerce happenings on our cool WordPress site.</p>
<p>To the best of my&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1150"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-a-sudden-tracking-issue-with-e-commerce-purchases-on-a-wordpress-site/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Troubleshooting Shopify theme&#039;s failure to fire Google Analytics 4 ecommerce events in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-shopify-themes-failure-to-fire-google-analytics-4-ecommerce-events/#post-6356</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:35:10 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-shopify-themes-failure-to-fire-google-analytics-4-ecommerce-events/#post-6356"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Troubleshooting Shopify theme&#039;s failure to fire Google Analytics 4 ecommerce events</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey, so looking at your code I spotted this bit: </p>
<pre><code>dataLayer.push({ ecommerce: null });
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<p>The issue here is that the word &#8220;null&#8221; is actually making the <code>dataLayer</code> not work. Think of &#8220;null&#8221; like a giant off switch. By including it, you&#8217;re essentially pressing pause on all things <code>dataLayer</code>. What you should do is take out that line and it should be&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1076"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/troubleshooting-shopify-themes-failure-to-fire-google-analytics-4-ecommerce-events/#post-6356" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Expanding Conversion Event Configurations in Analytics Admin API in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/expanding-conversion-event-configurations-in-analytics-admin-api/#post-6137</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:26:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/expanding-conversion-event-configurations-in-analytics-admin-api/#post-6137"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Expanding Conversion Event Configurations in Analytics Admin API</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>As of now, the Google Analytics Admin API doesn&#8217;t support creating and setting up conversion events with additional parameters beyond eventName. Unfortunately, there isn&#8217;t a workaround even using Google Tag Manager API. We&#8217;ll likely have to wait for Google to add this functionality in the future.</p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Resolving GA4 Issue: Duplicate Page View Counts on Initial User Visits in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/resolving-ga4-issue-duplicate-page-view-counts-on-initial-user-visits/#post-6052</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:22:48 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/resolving-ga4-issue-duplicate-page-view-counts-on-initial-user-visits/#post-6052"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Resolving GA4 Issue: Duplicate Page View Counts on Initial User Visits</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The issue you&#8217;re experiencing might be brought on by Google Analytics 4&#8217;s tracking of &#8216;history change&#8217; events. This is a feature primarily introduced for SPAs (Single Page Applications). However, it&#8217;s known for not always working as smoothly as planned. I have a solution that you can try. Simply turn off this option. You can find it under &#8216;Admin&#8217;&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-772"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/resolving-ga4-issue-duplicate-page-view-counts-on-initial-user-visits/#post-6052" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver replied to the discussion Incomplete Event Data in GA4 Daily Rollup Tables in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/incomplete-event-data-in-ga4-daily-rollup-tables/#post-5930</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:17:50 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/incomplete-event-data-in-ga4-daily-rollup-tables/#post-5930"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Incomplete Event Data in GA4 Daily Rollup Tables</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The problem you are experiencing could be due to a number of factors and it&#8217;s difficult to identify the exact issue without further analysis. It&#8217;s possible that the events are getting filtered out during the rollup process due to some filtering settings, or there might be a delay in processing the event data. If the amount of data being sent is&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-650"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/incomplete-event-data-in-ga4-daily-rollup-tables/#post-5930" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Oliver started the discussion Ensuring accurate transmission of Firebase item-specific custom parameters in the console in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/ensuring-accurate-transmission-of-firebase-item-specific-custom-parameters-in-the-console/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:12:54 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/ensuring-accurate-transmission-of-firebase-item-specific-custom-parameters-in-the-console/">Ensuring accurate transmission of Firebase item-specific custom parameters in the console</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey there, I&#8217;ve been trying to use the Firebase iOS SDK version <code>10.7.0</code> to send item-scoped custom parameters. I know this feature was added in version <code>10.6.0</code>.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not a ton of details about it in the <a target='_blank' href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10075209?hl=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow">official docs</a>, but I guessed that it would be similar to sending an event-scoped custom parameter. For the event-scoped ones, I would just add a&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-529"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/ensuring-accurate-transmission-of-firebase-item-specific-custom-parameters-in-the-console/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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