Save valuable time in Google Data Studio with page level filters and data sources.
1) Click on ‘page’ on the main navigation bar and select Current Page Settings
2) Now you can Select Data Source or Add A Filter at the page level 🙂
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Ever wanted to setup Google Tag Manager tags without access to a website or in a safe environment, with no risk & a bit of proactivity? Get ahead and proactively test tagging and tracking without any backend access.
To get started head to the Chrome Store and download the Digodat Tag Manager injector extension ➡️ shorturl.at/ivT34
Next go to Google Tag Manager and create a new account – just sign in at the top right of ➡️ shorturl.at/doDQ6
Now – Pick a website you want to test the tagging for – prior to an activation or onboarding and enter the URL in the URL box.
Copy the newly created Google Tag Manager container ID – go to the website you are testing, and within the Digodat extension you can insert the GTM container in what is best seen as a testing mode. No impact or effect on actual tracking but provides a good framework for testing tags and triggers ahead of setup for a new client
Our website is new but building. Our next GTM tidbit will extend setup here to include basic variables and triggers. In the meantime Please check out our other Google Tag Manager Tid Bits
Please see below update – valid on 04/09/2021
Often in a time series chart in Google Data Studio we want to reference particular key events: website updates, important media activations etc. We can do this in Google Analytics & Google Ads but there is not an out the box way to add a note or annotations in Data Studio.
There is a current workaround. Adding a new custom metric
CASE
When Date = DATE '2021-08-18' THEN 1
END
Still not working? Check our potential fixes below
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Often when adding tracking in Google Tag Manager you will be redirected to a thankyou page. In the Google Tag Manager preview mode the click event is lost here which makes identifying variables to assign to the click difficult. This also created fake form submissions in a business account. (see also our post on the Chrome extension for excluding your IP data in GA).
To combat thus – Simply enter the JavaScript console (Ctrl+Shift+J in Google Chrome) and enter the following script:
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
e.returnValue = '';
});Now when you submit the form – just click cancel. You can then review any click events and variables assigned to the form submit
Take your Google Data Studio charts to the next level with reference lines and add target KPIs to better illustrate performance.
To add reference lines
In the above examples we added a target ROAS of 5.5 and target CPA of $30 to illustrate results against paid marketing efforts
Our website is currently in build mode. Here’s a couple of Tid Bits to get you started