When I open https://analytics.google.com/ and go to Admin section, I can't find "Tracking Id"
Notice that under the property items, <> Tracking Info is missing (see the attached image) We should have Tracking info section, which is missing.
How can I generate the Tracking Info or ID that starts with UA-
Google Analytics now defaults to creating a GA4 Property.
If you need to create a Universal Property, with a UA-XXXX-X format tracking id..
Start by creating a new property.
When you are creating that new Property, on the Property setup page, click on the blue link towards bottom of screen Show advanced options, that will then open up the section in the screenshot below so you can toggle on the option for a Universal property
It gives you the option of creating both property types or just a Universal Analytics property only.
Select to create just a universal property (you will be able to upgrade it to GA4 at a later date should you choose to).
If you have accidently created and do not want a GA4 Property, from the GA Admin page select the Property as you would any other property from the Property dropdown and then select it's Property Settings page and at the upper right, click the Send to Trash option to delete it.
In Universal Analytics just click on Tracking Info and then on Tracking code:
If you have display problems try refreshing the page or clearing your cookies and try again.
In Google Analytics 4 you have to click on Data Streams and then click on the data stream desired. You will find it under MEASUREMENT ID:
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I've created a GA tag in GTM. It has "Enable overriding" checked. The Field Name is the Page Path built-in variable, and the value is "/register".
So the goal is for this tag to send a virtual pageview when triggered to GA with the page path value of "/register".
I can see the tag is triggered on the website at registration in debug view. However, I do not see any pageviews in GA with the name of "/register".
I've read every guide I can find, but can't figure out what to try next to get this to work..
You are setting the wrong value for Field Name. If you change {{Page Path}} to page that will start sending virtual pageviews.
You are doing 2 mistakes.
The right field to set is page and not {{Page Path}}
When you are selecting "override" make sure to put the UA ID
directly on the field, OR make a new constant variable maybe by name
"GA UA ID" put your GA ID over there and than select that variable
under override tracking id field. You are selecting the same GA
settings variable that is causing the issue if you still not seeing
after updating the field settings
I am attempting to use material design lite to code a landing page. I want to use tabs to separate content. Can I track the clicks on the tabs through Google tag manager? It seems as if all the events that fire when changing tabs are identical.
The original question specified that you wanted to use Google Tag Manager. To do this in Google Tag Manager you would just push an event onto the GTM dataLayer every time a tab is clicked. To differentiate between different tabs, you would push an extra key onto the dataLayer with the name of the tab.
An example might be:
dataLayer.push({'event' : 'tabSelected', 'tabName' : 'tabA'});
Then, in the Google Tag Manager interface, you would setup a Universal Analytics tag with track type "event" and you would pass the value of the tabName key to the label attribute of the GA event. The trigger of this tag would be a Custom Even trigger whose value is tabSelected.
I've created a new view in Google Analytics with everything set up the same as a currently functioning one, only with the addition of User ID tracking turned ON. It's using the same property so the UA code has not changed.
I've copied over everything that I can think of from the current view to the new view. At first glance everything was working fine, page views were coming through via Real-Time correctly and matched up with the values seen in the current view.
For some reason though, the new view is not listing ANY actual events in Real-Time, however the events graph is being populated.
The current view IS tracking all the events correctly.
We use Tag Manager to handle all our events among other things, and using the debug mode, all events were also being triggered correctly. Finally, I've also used the GA Debugger chrome extension, which again is not showing any issues. The new User ID property is being passed through to analytics as I'd expect.
I've tried searching for any issues related to User ID views and tracking events, but came up blank, presumably because there is no inherent issue with this set up.
Any suggestions?
I found out that the reason that the events were not tracking is because the user id was not being sent along with every event.
I believed that once it was set on page load every analytics interaction after that would use that user id. This was not the case. In Tag manager I added a 'Field to set' property for all relevant tags like so;
I've attempted to use the new version of Google Tag Manager to track virtual pageviews and send those to Google Analytics, but they don't seem to be sending properly.
For my Trigger, I've used the builtin History Change event type and have placed that in a tag with my Google Analytics id. The tag is set to Page View track type.
In Google Analytics, I see a pageview, but it just says the user is on the root directory. Also, I'm working in Localhost.
Is there something I missed?
I'm not sure to get the complete description of your setup but maybe an other way of tracking your virtual pageview could be directly by adding data layers directly in your code.
dataLayer.push({
'event':'VirtualPageview',
'virtualPageURL':'/order/step1',
'virtualPageTitle' : 'Order Step 1 – Contact Information'
});
For the trigger, you will then be able to send the fire on of your virtual pageview as a event matches VirtualPageview.
Your Tag need to be set up as a pageview.
Also, using this article for GTM v1 : http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2014/09/10/fire-virtual-pageview-google-tag-manager/, you can set up your {{virtualPageURL}}
In GTM V2, in your tag, you will have to use the - More settings / Field to set field Name = Page, Value = {{virtualPageURL}}.
Are we talking here about a one page iOS/Android App?
I'm using Google Forms (a Google Doc spreadsheet with an automatically generated form that the user can fill in to submit their details) and would like to track the submission of the form as a virtual pageview in Google Analytics so that I can measure conversions. Does anybody know if this is possible?
While Crayon Violent is correct about the built-in capabilities, there is a viable option: If you're able to host the Google Form HTML on one of your own pages, you can treat it like any other form (you can literally copy and paste the form HTML from the form page). As long as you leave the inputs unmodified, and the form action remains as its presented, it will post successfully to the form, regardless of where it is hosted from. (You can remove the styling elements if you wish.)
You can see a sample of that here: http://jsfiddle.net/PVBqX/2/
And you can see the data record just fine in the Google Spreadsheet here.
And, if you use Firebug or Webkit inspector, you'll see that the virtual pageview is sent:
There is an alternative solution to track pageview in Google Analytics using an image impression inside the Google Doc which I have been using it in my spreadsheet.
Check out the following link for the guide of explanation on how this works:
Tracking-google-sheet-views-with-google-analytics
For example, using little Apps Script will include the sheet key and locale in the image url (to include this you your own project open you Sheet and then Tools > Script editor and paste the code in):
function getGABeacon(tid){
var id = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getId();
var locale = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSpreadsheetLocale();
return 'https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/'+tid+'/sheets/'+id+'/'+locale;
}
Then in the Sheet we can then use the cell formula like =image(getGABeacon("UA-48225260-1"))
EDIT
You can also build a tracked URL and pass it to the beacon on targetted page using this function
var trackURL = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getUrl();
Probably you should just use Url shortner tool like https://goo.gl/ or https://bitly.com/ to get analytics on how many clicks are made and little bit of analytics like locations, browsers etc through them.
You can add Google Analytics in general by setting up a new page which includes the form using an iFrame and then adding the Google Analytics tracking code right before it.
I found a service that does exactly that and is completely free. It's called GFormAnalytics. It will generate a new link for you and then you share that new link and it will track your forms with your own Google Analytics tracking code.
Check it out here: https://GFormAnalytics.com
Here is what I did using Zapier (free basic plan), no coding needed:
How to use Zapier to trigger a goal conversion in Google Analytics (used with Google Tag Manager) when an embedded Google Form is completed
In Google Tag Manager click on Triggers to create a new trigger.
For trigger type, select "custom event."
Set it to trigger on "Some Custom Events."
Set the trigger to fire when the Page URL contains a unique part of a URL e.g. "/pages/contact."
Name (e.g. "Contact Form Submitted" and save the trigger.
Click on "Tags," then click "New" to create a new tag.
For tag type select "Universal Analytics."
For Track type select "Event."
Under "Event Tracking Parameters" for "Category" enter "Form Submission."
For "Action" enter "Submitted."
For "Label" enter "Contact Form."
Leave "Value" blank.
Under "Non-Interaction Hit" select {{Event}}
Under "Google Analytics Settings" select {{Google Analytics}}
As the trigger for this tag select the trigger you just created, "Contact Form Submitted" (or whatever you named it in step 5) which should show as a custom event.
Name the tag (e.g. "Contact Form Submission") and save.
Press "Submit" in the upper right corner to activate the new tag.
In Google Analytics, select the gear icon in the bottom left (Admin settings).
Under "View" select "Goals."
Select "Create New Goal."
Select the "Submission" goal template in step 1.
In step 2, under "Type," select "Event."
In step 3, for "Category," "Action," "Label" enter exactly the same thing you did in Tag Manager in steps 9-11 (case sensitive).
Leave "Value" blank.
Save the goal.
In Zapier, select "Make a Zap!"
For the Trigger App, select "Google Forms."
Select "New Response in Spreadsheet."
Connect your Google Forms account.
Choose the spreadsheet connected to your form.
Under "Worksheet" choose the "Form responses" that shows up in the drop down menu.
Select "Google Analytics" as your action app.
Select "Create a Measurement."
Connect your Analytics account.
Select your Account and Property.
Under "Type," select "Event."
For "Category," "Action," "Label" enter exactly the same thing you did in Tag Manager in steps 9-11 (case sensitive).
Leave the other fields blank.
Test and activate the zap.
Go to your website and fill out the form.
After at least 15 minutes (enough time for Zapier to have checked the spreadsheet linked to your form) check your goal conversions in Google Analytics to verify that the zap is working.
If you Edit the Form and select Responses menu, then select enter Tracking ID, paste in your tracking ID in and you will get page views as he goes to each page including the confirmation page which has Page Title of "Thanks!". This works even putting the link to the form in an email. Works great, tracking the mail open, then the pages and submit of the form, but I haven't figured out how to pass the user ID so both types of events carry the same user ID.
not possible. You have to be able to add code to the actual file being served.
Only thing I can think of is if it lets you redirect to one of your own pages after form submission, put the code on a page you create on your own site