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Google Analytics 4: pageviews by month and year

In a report: With some difficulty (it was much simpler with Universal Analytics) I was able to select two Dimensions: Month and Year and one Metric: Views. However the chart does not seem to be ...
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GTM datalayer.push not sending GA event because of redirection code in JavaScript only in Firefox

I have come across this peculiar behaviour of GTM's dayaLayer code. The below issue happens to me only in firefox browser and all other browsers work fine - (Edge and Chrome). I have a dataLayer.push ...
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GA4 Reports not grouping events properly?

For this one particular event, I'm seeing the same events not being grouped together and I can't figure out why. This screenshot is from the standard GA4 event page filtered by the particular event ...
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How to set up event parameters/custom dimensions in Google Tag Manager start up JavaScript for Google Analytics 4

I have been using Universal Analytics previously and now switched to Google Analytics 4. In UA, along with the page view we used to set and send a custom variable called userName. This variable helps ...
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Why isn't GA4 debug viewer showing most events when it was working this morning

Hi I've been using GA4 debug viewer most of today and everything has been fine until I went away from my computer for about 2 hours, came back without changing anything in my GTM setup up and for some ...
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GA4 - "Pages and screens" report - fewer views than users?

In the "Pages and screens" report of a site I'm looking, a bunch of pages have view counts much lower than users: Is there any reasonable explanation for this, or might there be an actual ...
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GA4 says Not Found under Reports>Pages and Screens

I did a site audit and also added "page and screen titles" as an attribute in the report. There aren't any 404 pages. Even conversion events are coming from this page. While checking this ...
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GA4 - Why do event count and the corresponding conversions not match?

We have a custom event called "consumer_action_booking" which we're passing to GA4. I marked that event as a conversion event: However, when I look at the event count for that actual event, ...
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Someone used my Google Analytics Tracking ID, how do I remove that traffic in GA4?

Someone used my Google Analytics Tracking ID, how do I remove that traffic in GA4? This seemed possible with UA properties, but can't find how to do this in GA4 properties.
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GA4 cross domain measurement with client_id and session_id

According to https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10071811?hl=en#zippy=%2Cmanual-setup, I can use code similar to the following to set the client_id and session_id values for Google Analytics: ...
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GA4 showing far fewer page views (50% or less) than UA

I have configured Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) and GA4 across all of the pages on my website. I have verified that Google Tag exists on each of the pages using Google Tag Assistant. If I see ...
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GA4 does not show earlier statistics in custom report

Hej, It seems that even after changing data retention to 14 months, Google's GA4 does not show 14 months back and does not allow me to change dates on a custom report. Does anyone know what might be ...
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Migrating UA Views approach to the new Google Analytics (GA4)

I'm trying to figure out the optimal setup for the client's use case with GA4. Some background: It's an online media brand with multiple sub-sites (subdomains), with one sub-site having multiple ...
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Why do GA4 Total reported sessions not equal the sum of sessions by dimension

For one of my larger clients, we're seeing a discrepancy between the sessions (and users) reported for each traffic source, and the total sessions reported in GA4. This occurs whether we are using ...
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Differences in Affiliation Data GA4 Vs UA

I have noticed a significant difference in the affiliation data for almost all of my clients when it comes to reporting Affiliation data (users/sessions/revenue). Here is an example: UA: GA4: Has ...
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Configure GA4 for a website with multiple locations

I am working on an eCommerce project for a company that will have a single site/domain but users are able to select their active location while shopping. This is a pretty common pattern for many sites ...
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How can GA4 new vs established be (not set)

I have created a GA4 exploration with a single dimension (New vs Established) and a single metric (sessions). A small number of sessions have the 'New vs Established) dimension as '(not set)' This is ...
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Does AdSense out-of-the-box GDPR message work with GA4?

AdSense offers a simple solution for GDPR-compliant messages for personalized ads (https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10961068). If I enable this popup, do I need an additional popup ...
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Why is my GA4 Engagement Rate empty/zero when adding an event/parameter to the rows/columns/audiences of a report

So the situation is I'm using custom events and parameters in my GA4 (new Google Analytics) setup. Specifically, I add a parameter for my A/B tests that goes on all events including the default ones ...
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Facing Issue with Connecting Google Analytics

it Seems like I can't connect Google Analytics Properly with my Website. I am running a WordPress website where I would like to Integrate Analytics. I tried using both site kit and monster insights ...
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Counts Change When Comparisons Added?

The shortest way to explain my issue is this - In GA4, under the Conversions report, if I add a second comparison that is identical to my first comparison but additionally specifies a page path, the ...
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How can I see how many transactions each search query came from Google organic search?

I have a website which has GA4, GSC, and BigQuery connected to it. The site is ranking for a bunch of different search queries in Google. I want to know which queries bring me transactions. That is, ...
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How to Exclude Duck Duck Go Bot Traffic From Google analytics 4

I have been trying to create a filter for excluding Duckduck Go and Baidu search engine Bot Traffic from Google Analytics 4 for one of my websites. I am unable to create a filter for it. Internal &...
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GA4 Matrix style Exploration

I want to track when users complete and drop out of completing a multi-page form. I'm capturing the "step" number as the user accesses each step/page in the form via G Tag Manager. I can ...
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Paid Social Traffic Channel Is Not Showing on GA4

I am getting trouble in GA4 after migration. I have been running Facebook ads, and Google ads for my website but Paid social traffic is not showing on GA4. GA4 is recording the overwhelming majority ...
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GA4 Landing Page Report only shows Not Set

In Google Analytics 4, my Reports>Engagement>Landing Page shows only one row which says "Not Set". I realize that if an event fires before the Page View that might trigger this for ...
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Google Analytics - "gtm-msr" shows up as a top page/screen in GA4

Ok Google Analytics peeps - need help to remove something that shows up GA4 but not Universal Analytics and inflates our page/screens data and number. When I view Page and screens in Google Analytics ...
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Not registering engagement time in GA4

We've set up a new website, based on Wordpress. We use Google Tag Manager (as on the old website) and new for this website, Google Analytics 4. We're getting a lot of data as you'd expect, but we're ...
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Is there a way to see what is the new content on my website in GA4?

I have linked my GA4 and Search console accounts. Is it possible now to see which content or sites are new on my website in GA4? In Search console I can see it in "Your new content" section -...
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When cookie consent for Google Analytics 4 in Google Sites will be enhanced to comply with European Union legislation?

In the Settings of a Google Site, it's possible to enable analytics and add Google Analytics 4 using a measurement ID. My concern is about the cookie consent dialog. For people accessing from the ...
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GA4 data streams and subdomains

So i have this current setup with GA (universal analytics) where a subscription platform runs on a subdomain therefor we use a different view and different tracking code. But with GA 4, i was ...
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How can I view the ecommerce conversation rate for users who triggered a custom event in GA4?

In Google Universal Analytics I used to create segments of users who triggered a custom event. After creating them I could use these in comparisons on dashboards but also in custom Data Studio (Looker ...
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Google Tag Manager events not registering in GA4 but do in GA

I have several tags/triggers in Google Tag Manager( both script/non script versions - https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js and https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html) that clearly show up in the ...
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Can I track no. of purchases & profit for each session source in GA4

I want to know the profit and no. of purchases in my store that came from specific sources like Instagram & Snapchat in GA4, I did try to make a custom report from Explore in GA4 but it doesn't ...
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GA4 Config Tag is not firing, but triggers have fired

GA4 tag isn't firing on one of many hostnames, despite all triggers firing and no blocking triggers being set. This only happens on this single hostname. I could likely resolve it by arbitrarily ...
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How to exclude certain paths from data stream in google analytics 4

We often have accidental url's logged in GA4 on our site that have /admin.php as part of the URL' Is there a way of permanently excluding certain paths from being recorded at all? Such as if URL ...
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Setup Google Analytics 4 property from 2 different tags

To measure my top-level domain and my subdomain I have installed 2 different Google tags in each of them and use 2 Google Analytics properties (Say Site & App). I am looking to setup a 3rd Google ...
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Can I create custom reports with custom dimension drill downs in GA4?

I am upgrading to new GA4. I want to create a new custom reports in GA4 like the ones I created in universal analytics (UA). In old analytics, when I create new custom reports, I am able to add my ...
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Sharing internal traffic filter across GA4 properties

I manage multiple websites for a large multi-national (dozens of offices around the world, each with its own set of IP addresses). I'm in the process of migrating from the old UA to the new GA4. ...
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Why did a new BiqQuery connection retrieve data from GA4 only for the last few days even though older data is available?

I connected GA4 with BiqQuery and data set includes events only for the dates afterwards the project creation. Dataset like this is useless for me, I need data from the day when GA4 property was ...
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Traffic source issue in GA4 with subfolders

We have established 2 properties from 2 different accounts in ga4 for tracking our website general English root domain example.com in the first property and tracking its subfolder example.com/es/ in ...
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GA4 Why numbers of event count and conversions of the same conversion-marked event are different?

I had created the 'submission_complete' event on GTM and push it to GA4 report, then marked the event as conversion by toggle the switch on the GA4 event configure page. I thought that after the event ...
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How to replicate a session scope in GA4 for a custom dimension?

I have a critical requirement in a GA4 migration in which I need to be able to run a report that displays my custom dimension and in how many sessions it was used. E.g: customDim Sessions (10) 123 3 ...
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GA4 open vs. closed Funnel

I am quite new to GA4 and have a question regarding the difference between the closed & open funnels, as the data in GA4 seems to be not quite consistent to me. First two steps in my funnel are ...
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Exclude traffic coming from a specific landing page in Google Analytics 4

I want to exclude visitors who came to the site from a specific landing page. Is it possible to do this with GTM? There is an option to create an Audience in GA4, but I would like to permanently ...
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Google Analytics 4 withholding data due to thresholding

I'm a web developer using Google Analytics. A client asked us to build a fun "personality quiz" with 4 simple questions. At the end of the quiz we'd show a description of their personality ...
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Does Google Analytics 4 receive data from non listed websites?

In Universal Analytics, I would set up several standard views for every property I manage: a RAW view with no filters a TEST view a LIVE ANALYTICS view, with the traffic filtered by target domain and ...
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How do I track organic keyword conversion rates with Google Analytics G4, Google Tag Manager and Google Search Console?

I've tried everything I can think of and googled all over the place but I can't figure out how to connect an organic search term to a conversion event in Analytics G4. Any help would be much ...
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How can I actually see realtime users currently on my website on Google Analytics 4?

So recently I started using Google Analytics 4 since Universal Analytics now has en end-of-life date. I am having a hard time seeing the users that are currently on my website. In Univeral Analytics, ...
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Google Analytics User explorer export to Google Sheets garbles data

I exported User explorer report to Google Sheets. The data table contained App-instance ID, which is in format 4444444.44444444 (10 letters after dot). Google Sheets detects those cells as type number,...
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