<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
		>

<channel>
	<title>Google Analytics 4 | Xavier Anderson | Activity</title>
	<link>https://googleanalytics4.co/members/xaviernetworkninja/activity/</link>
	<atom:link href="https://googleanalytics4.co/members/xaviernetworkninja/activity/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<description>Activity feed for Xavier Anderson.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:52:47 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.10</generator>
	<language>en-AU</language>
	<ttl>30</ttl>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>2</sy:updateFrequency>
		
								<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">fdaaa7763f7a631ab25c25998a67ee76</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Inherited Permissions not Honored in GA4 Insights Notifications in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/inherited-permissions-not-honored-in-ga4-insights-notifications/#post-7543</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:36:17 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/inherited-permissions-not-honored-in-ga4-insights-notifications/#post-7543"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Inherited Permissions not Honored in GA4 Insights Notifications</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>From the issue you&#8217;ve presented, it seems you&#8217;ve understood the requirements for setting up Insights correctly, but Google Analytics 4 (GA4) appears to be functioning differently than expected. The challenge here appears to be with the concept of &#8220;inheritance&#8221; of permissions in Google accounts, where GA4 isn&#8217;t recognizing permissions granted at&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1893"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/inherited-permissions-not-honored-in-ga4-insights-notifications/#post-7543" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">018d5398f32778d30d2894005d3bc998</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Considerations for Tracking Asynchronous Data in GA&#039;s page_view Event in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/considerations-for-tracking-asynchronous-data-in-gas-page_view-event/#post-7209</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 08:21:22 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/considerations-for-tracking-asynchronous-data-in-gas-page_view-event/#post-7209"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Considerations for Tracking Asynchronous Data in GA&#039;s page_view Event</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Firing off asynchronous data in <code>page_view</code> events is not necessarily a no-no, but it does introduce certain complexities that you&#8217;ve already identified. It&#8217;s crucial to recognize that the firing of the <code>page_view</code> event and fetching of data don&#8217;t always occur simultaneously, which can impact the accuracy and consistency of the event&#8217;s data payload.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1560"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/considerations-for-tracking-asynchronous-data-in-gas-page_view-event/#post-7209" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">49f7a813fb28d4dcf276a629eb6c3862</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Differences in GA4 Session Count: Choosing Source or Source/Medium as Dimensions in Rows in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/differences-in-ga4-session-count-choosing-source-or-source-medium-as-dimensions-in-rows/#post-6643</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:46:43 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/differences-in-ga4-session-count-choosing-source-or-source-medium-as-dimensions-in-rows/#post-6643"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Differences in GA4 Session Count: Choosing Source or Source/Medium as Dimensions in Rows</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The reason why you&#8217;re only seeing 2.7K sessions when you choose the source or source/medium dimension could be due to the specific segment or filter you&#8217;ve applied to the view. If you&#8217;ve added a segment that only includes certain traffic sources or mediums, the total session count will drastically decrease from what you&#8217;d see without any&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1362"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/differences-in-ga4-session-count-choosing-source-or-source-medium-as-dimensions-in-rows/#post-6643" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">e41cb95d3b37779a76b1ced8b7fead30</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Rearranging Columns in GA4 Exploration - Any Manual Sorting Options? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/rearranging-columns-in-ga4-exploration-any-manual-sorting-options/#post-6526</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:42:06 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/rearranging-columns-in-ga4-exploration-any-manual-sorting-options/#post-6526"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Rearranging Columns in GA4 Exploration - Any Manual Sorting Options?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Sure I can help with that. As an initial approach, you would need to identify where the &#8216;video_complete&#8217; rows are in your nested list. Once you&#8217;ve managed to do that, a possible way to get &#8216;video_complete&#8217; to be at the bottom of your list would be to use the &#8216;append()&#8217; and &#8216;remove()&#8217; list methods in Python (or their equivalents in other&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1246"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/rearranging-columns-in-ga4-exploration-any-manual-sorting-options/#post-6526" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">a48f83ecc93ce402e9b7575acac4148f</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Implementing Advanced Dimension Filters in Google Analytics Data API (GA4) with PHP Client Library in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-advanced-dimension-filters-in-google-analytics-data-api-ga4-with-php-client-library/#post-6230</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:30:03 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-advanced-dimension-filters-in-google-analytics-data-api-ga4-with-php-client-library/#post-6230"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Implementing Advanced Dimension Filters in Google Analytics Data API (GA4) with PHP Client Library</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Firstly, from your code, it appears your regex filter for &#8216;value&#8217; is incorrect. When using FULL_REGEXP, the &#8216;value&#8217; should just be the regex pattern you are trying to match against, without the field name. For example, for your &#8216;hostName&#8217; filter, it should be &#8216;value&#8217; =&gt; &#8216;www.site.com&#8217; (note the escaping for periods), not &#8216;hostName==www.site.com&#8217;.&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-950"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/implementing-advanced-dimension-filters-in-google-analytics-data-api-ga4-with-php-client-library/#post-6230" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">d4c90500380e385f36516affbdfbc78e</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Struggling with Duplicate Parameters in GA4 Event Tracking in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/struggling-with-duplicate-parameters-in-ga4-event-tracking/#post-6113</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:25:19 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/struggling-with-duplicate-parameters-in-ga4-event-tracking/#post-6113"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Struggling with Duplicate Parameters in GA4 Event Tracking</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey! This might just be how GA&#8217;s debugger shows batched events. As it&#8217;s a page_view, I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;s an SPA since batching doesn&#8217;t function with real page loads. You can read up on the Events Grouping section [here](<a target='_blank' href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9322688?hl=en#zippy=%2Crealtime-report%2Cdebugview-report" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9322688?hl=en#zippy=%2Crealtime-report%2Cdebugview-report</a>) for more info.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-833"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/struggling-with-duplicate-parameters-in-ga4-event-tracking/#post-6113" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">57b2da0e52ddd1e4c9347c2e4e959725</guid>
				<title>Xavier started the discussion How can I effectively utilize the Google Analytics API - Version 4? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-effectively-utilize-the-google-analytics-api-version-4/</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:25:09 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-effectively-utilize-the-google-analytics-api-version-4/">How can I effectively utilize the Google Analytics API - Version 4?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey folks, so here&#8217;s what I did. </p>
<p>1. I logged a user in using Google account and scored a token. The code looks like this:</p>
<p><code></code>`<br />
^ LaravelSocialiteTwoUser {#1512 ▼<br />
  +token: &#8220;ya29 &#8212; 51 &#x25c0;&#8221;<br />
  +refreshToken: null<br />
  +expiresIn: 3599<br />
}<br />
<code></code>`<br />
Sweet, that part worked. </p>
<p>2. I got stuck trying to pull the list of account summaries the user can access, to f&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-829"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-can-i-effectively-utilize-the-google-analytics-api-version-4/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">845edc885e792b7a6e3f19606c6d7ad8</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion How to determine page worth in Google Analytics 4? in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-determine-page-worth-in-google-analytics-4/#post-6031</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:21:57 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-determine-page-worth-in-google-analytics-4/#post-6031"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How to determine page worth in Google Analytics 4?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>The error message you&#8217;re seeing, &#8220;Re-aggregating metrics is not supported,&#8221; comes up in Google Data Studio when you&#8217;re trying to sum (or average, maximum, minimum, etc.) a metric that has already been aggregated. This is typically the case when the data comes from a field that Google Analytics marks as &#8220;already aggregated&#8221;.</p>
<p>To solve this error,&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-751"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-determine-page-worth-in-google-analytics-4/#post-6031" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">bffc899f8a16ab4bdfa8f34ae88823b0</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion Utilizing GA4 Data Stored in BigQuery with PowerBI Integration in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-ga4-data-stored-in-bigquery-with-powerbi-integration/#post-5767</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:11:17 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-ga4-data-stored-in-bigquery-with-powerbi-integration/#post-5767"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Utilizing GA4 Data Stored in BigQuery with PowerBI Integration</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Yes, you are trying to transform your current Google Analytics 4 (GA4) data from BigQuery, currently in JSON format, into a more readable Table format for usage in Power BI. The idea here is that you need to &#8220;unnest&#8221; and &#8220;pivot&#8221; your current data into separate columns. This is unfortunately not a straightforward process if you&#8217;re new to these&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-488"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/utilizing-ga4-data-stored-in-bigquery-with-powerbi-integration/#post-5767" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">c8398c913379491e92ad175d0a21d102</guid>
				<title>Xavier replied to the discussion How to monitor social media interactions with Google Analytics 4 in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-monitor-social-media-interactions-with-google-analytics-4/#post-5749</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:10:35 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-monitor-social-media-interactions-with-google-analytics-4/#post-5749"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How to monitor social media interactions with Google Analytics 4</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>It seems like your issue is indeed tied to the schema compatibility changes announcement. Per the change, item-scoped dimensions like <code>itemName</code> and <code>itemId</code> are no longer compatible with event-scoped metrics like <code>eventCount</code> in the same query. Therefore, generating a report that directly correlates <code>itemId</code> and <code>eventCount</code> in the same table is no longer&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-470"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/how-to-monitor-social-media-interactions-with-google-analytics-4/#post-5749" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">f41f79ece45130fbd5c046341eae7732</guid>
				<title>Xavier started the discussion Retrieving Google Analytics Data in a Spring Boot Web App in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-google-analytics-data-in-a-spring-boot-web-app/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:53:39 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-google-analytics-data-in-a-spring-boot-web-app/">Retrieving Google Analytics Data in a Spring Boot Web App</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey there! So I&#8217;ve got this API that has an endpoint <code>my-api/v1/books/book/{id}</code>.</p>
<p>Pretty straightforward, right? Each &#8220;book&#8221; is a serialized version available online and they each have a category on my site. The endpoint allows users to see the total views of a specific book by passing the book ID in the URL (like this: <code>?info=views</code>).</p>
<p>Alright, but&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-160"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/retrieving-google-analytics-data-in-a-spring-boot-web-app/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
					<item>
				<guid isPermaLink="false">0e5b82d2c02ed57ed0df69f9f8efbe41</guid>
				<title>Xavier started the discussion Comparing GA4 and UA: Significant Increase in Direct Traffic in the forum Google Analytics 4</title>
				<link>http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/comparing-ga4-and-ua-significant-increase-in-direct-traffic/</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:55:09 +0000</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/comparing-ga4-and-ua-significant-increase-in-direct-traffic/">Comparing GA4 and UA: Significant Increase in Direct Traffic</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hey there, I spotted something weird after setting up GA4 Properties. We&#8217;re seeing way more direct traffic than we used to in the session default channel grouping &#8211; it&#8217;s doubled! But what&#8217;s odd is that the total traffic on GA4 and UA is pretty much the same. So, I&#8217;m guessing we&#8217;re seeing a shift from Google ads traffic (cos they&#8217;re now showing way&hellip;</p>
<p><span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-93"><a href="http://googleanalytics4.co/forums/discussion/comparing-ga4-and-ua-significant-increase-in-direct-traffic/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
				
				
							</item>
		
	</channel>
</rss>
		