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Is there a reason Google Analytics 4 isn't registered as a widget?
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judy at Web2Market  
#1 Posted : Monday, March 20, 2023 12:02:44 PM(UTC)
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Is there a reason Google Analytics 4 isn't registered as a widget? Everything else seems to be there that it needs.
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shaharyar  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:41:37 AM(UTC)
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The reason why Google Analytics 4 wasn't created as a widget is because of Google's requirements.

Google recommends placing the script into the HEAD tag and the widget cannot be placed in the HEAD tag.
The second reason is that the script has to be part of every page so just enabling/disabling from admin one time is much easier than placing/removing and managing the placement of the widget accordingly.

I hope this is clear.
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judy at Web2Market  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:48:42 AM(UTC)
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Thanks. So enabling it is supposed to put it in the header tags automatically without having to do anything else? We just upgraded a site and and checked and it is enabled, but I don't see it when I view the source of the pages.
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:53:41 AM(UTC)
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There are actually two conditions. It should be enabled from admin and MeasurementId is present. Without adding measurement Id the script will not render.
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judy at Web2Market  
#5 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 3:48:38 AM(UTC)
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After I posted this, the merchant put in a help desk ticket that he had implemented GA4 but no traffic was showing in his account.
He has entered his measurement id. I hadn't worked on his upgrade so maybe something was changed. Is anything else required?
I just tested on a 9.0.7 site I am starting to upgrade, but haven't done an work on yet, and it does work there.
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shaharyar  
#6 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 4:04:33 AM(UTC)
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Using Ablecommerce, you have to follow these steps to render Google Analytics 4 script on the webpage.

1- Visit page site.com/Admin/Store/Tracking

2- Enable setting Enable GA4 Page Tracking

3- Add measurement Id and Save

4- Go to retail page and view page source. Confirm that the script is rendered in the head tag of the page.
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judy at Web2Market  
#7 Posted : Wednesday, March 22, 2023 12:05:40 PM(UTC)
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Thanks for your answers. I found the issue. The line of code in the _BaseLayout of your 9.0.7 hadn't been put on their site. I put it there and the tags are showing now.
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