My job is to upgrade the current analytics to universal analytics. Hunting around, I could not find that annoying universal analytics upgrade notification in the property settings. Checking the documentation, I can confirm that this platform was already on UA!
I head over to "Tracking Info" (not "Tracking Code" as the old one used to be), and it says UA-123456-1 with the classic tracking code.
Problems: The tracking code is classic and not universal. I have no idea to confirm that its universal or classic.
Completely confused on what's going on inside of it.
Ben, not sure if all of the accounts were offered the upgrade -- maybe you are still on the waiting list:
The option to upgrade Universal Analytics will roll out to standard
accounts. Once this option is available in your account, it will
appear in the Admin section.
Also, keep in mind that if you are using Retargeting (dc.js) -- it is not supported by Universal Analytics as of yet and those account should not upgrade:
Universal Analytics does not currently support the the dc.js
JavaScript and related features (Remarketing, Google Display Network
Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Campaign Manager Integration, and
the Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports). If you use
any of these features, upgrade to Universal Analytics after dc.js is
supported.
All needed information should be available in the Analytics Upgrade Center, check it out...
Hope this helps.
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I am new for firebase please pardon if I don't understand something.
I have two apps running for Android and IOS and both are configured with Google Analytics UA as well as Tag manager and now I have created a new property for Analytic 4 and tag manager is there.
My firebase is linked with Universal analytics already but need to connect GA4 as well for both apps so i don't lose connecting with my universal property as well as the GA4 should also work.
Anyone here with good understanding of firebase and Analytics can help me.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Many Thanks
You can find documentation to connect GA4 to Firebase here:
[GA4] Firebase integration. Link Google Analytics 4 properties to Firebase.
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9289234?hl=en
Anyway, you don't want to worry too much about not losing the link. I have personally noticed that the old Analytics Properties for mobile always exist however Google has announced their deletion (except for 360):
As of February 4th 2020, Google Analytics properties that fit the
criteria below will have been permanently deleted. We recommend
transitioning to measuring your apps with the Firebase SDKs.
https://support.google.com/firebase/answer/9167112?hl=en
We're tracking our web apps using GTM (Google Tag Manager) and GA360 (the paid version of GA).
We also have hybrid mobile apps (mobile apps built with web frontend) that are intended for our users to work mostly offline (they are kind of reader apps).
I've been doing some research and there's a lot of information but I'm not sure yet of what's the best approach to connect my mobile apps to GA when they're mostly offline.
I've found Google Analytics for Firebase which is a free service but seems to be a separate service from GA and I would end up with half of the analytics in GA and the other half in Firebase.
I also read about using Workbox to support Offline Google Analytics:
https://developers.google.com/web/tools/workbox/guides/enable-offline-analytics
What's actually the best approach for this kind of problem?
What service(s) can I use to solve this problem?
Thank you.
I'm not sure if either of the other two approaches mentioned above are better or even work in this context, but I wanted to mention a third approach, linked below.
It is not simple, involving writing custom google analytics calls to check online status, and either queue requests yourself when offline, or post them when online.
It should work well though, and end up keeping all of your analytics in one console.
Simo Ahava Blog: Track users who are offline in Google Analytics.
Good Morning,
I've updated my customers Google Analytic's account to use the latest version of the tracking code. Also I've amended the setting 'Enable Demographics and Interest Reports' to enabled.
For the past 3-4 days no information has come through despite visitors to the website.
Please can you advise me on which this isn't working...
The website is: http://www.fellpromotions.co.uk/
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Shaun
https://twitter.com/shaunswales
Demographics is not yet supported in Universal Analytics.
The dc.js JavaScript library is not supported in Universal Analytics
during this phase. Users who need the following related features
should wait until Phase 3 to upgrade: Remarketing Google Display
Network Impression Reporting DoubleClick Campaign Manager Reporting
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports
(From the UA upgrade center)
I recently needed to enable Demographics and Interest Reporting on a website which had already upgraded to the Universal tracking code. Since the universal tracking code isn't set to support Demographic and Interest Reports until Phase 3, I decided to create a new Google Analytics property for the same site.
The site, SEOcial, is now simultaneously running the universal tracking code and the classic tracking code with Demographics and Interest Reporting enabled to two different Google Analytics Properties using the same url. Should I manually change the Classic analytics property code to the same property as the universal analytics code?
I am a little concerned because I was unable to find a definitive answer to whether this would work or not. I'd like to make sure this will not harm the site's statistics. Has anyone done this before or something similar? Can you please shed some light on what is the best way to enable demographic and interest reporting on a property using a universal analytics?
don't change the Classic code UA property - it should be different from the Universal Analytics one. Keep it as you have it now.
For reference, check this video by GA Product Manager Nick Mihailovski (around 12')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZIBg7vM-I
Like Maggieto said, they should have unique UA IDs. I am running classic and universal on a couple of our client sites at the moment and it does not affect the data. However, I do see a discrepancy in the data reported by each implementation.
Are you seeing a discrepancy here as well? And if so, which implementation is reporting more traffic?
Currently, the implementation of Universal Analytics in GTM does not allow for ability to edit the HTML scripts - for ability to change code to capture Demographic and Interest level data. Has anyone figured out how to adjust the scripts (necessary to change the script) to be able to capture the Demographic and Interest level data from the Google Display Network?
Universal Analytics doesn't support Demographic and Interest level data yet. There is more information on this on the Universal Analytics Upgrade Center - Upgrade Center - take a look at the Important Considerations section regarding Data integrations related to dc.js JavaScript Library aren't supported, but are coming soon.
"The dc.js JavaScript library isn’t supported in Universal Analytics, but will be in the coming year. If you rely on dc.js related features, such as Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Campaign Manager Integration, or Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports, do not upgrade to Universal Analytics yet. Wait until you see an announcement about dc.js in Universal Analytics, and upgrade then."
In case anyone finds this question and is still wondering, this integration is now available via Google Tag Manager for any Universal Analytics tags.
From a technical perspective, all you need to do is tick the checkbox for Enable Display Advertising Features when creating your Universal Analytics tag.
Note that it's likely you will need to make changes to your website's privacy policy before you can use this feature.
Display Advertising features
Policy requirements for Google Analytics Advertising Features