GA4 Migration - How to Migrate Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4

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Now is the time to migrate to the latest version of Google Analytics, GA4 (Google Analytics 4). In this video, you will walk through the steps to migrate from Universal Analytics to GA4, plus you will learn about key differences between the versions and how to add GA4 to your website using Google Tag Manager.
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 Using the 'GA4 Setup Assistant'
01:50 Don't connect your tags (and why)
02:32 Installing GA4 on your website
03:50 Data stream in GA4
04:21 Adding GA4 using Google Tag Manager
05:53 Enhance Measurement in GA4
07:15 Disable automatic GA4 properties
08:33 Differences between GA4 and Universal Analytics
09:40 Conclusion
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@user-vs8my3uq4t 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks a lot for sharing! and also for answering the questions... I really appreciated how dedicate and thoughtful you are with your community.

@fathooman2845 11 ай бұрын

Straightforward and useful!

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you liked it!

@suvu3023 11 ай бұрын

Thanks very, helpful!!

@daytripsuk1 11 ай бұрын

I simply can't do it, I have put so much work into my channel, I managed to get to step one and I can't seem to get any further .. I also have followed all the tutorials too .. would I be better starting a new channel altogether .. Thank you.

@johnjordan4716 11 ай бұрын

thanks . Helpful vid

@barsk76 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Benjamin. That warning sign at top of page was making me nuts and finally you showed how to remove it 🤙🤙

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@hasanshahrearnahid 11 ай бұрын

Hi Benjamin, Thanks for the informative video

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad it was helpful!

@paulinemorare5509 10 ай бұрын

❤your Tutorials and can't wait to start my [GA4] PROPERTY Account

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@Barnastics 11 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for this! I hope it works. I have been having issues with phone call only ads. Inactive conversions. Any advice on something I may be missing?

@Chelsealcc 2 ай бұрын

Great video! thank you for sharing. But I am faving a problem - I have Admin access but the GA4 setup assistant is saying I need to "request access from your admin to view the connected GA4 property". Do you have any idea about this?

@amumtomum 4 ай бұрын

Hi! I love your videos, and I need your help. I created a property through UA to GA4. Do you have a video that could guide me on how to delete that and set it up correctly? Thanks!

@oakmontit9526 11 ай бұрын

I didn't uncheck the box and Google automatically created a GA4 property linked to my old UA account. Do I need to delete this new property and start over? We mainly use Google Analytics for pretty basic measurements, but we'd like to start using more complicated event tracking in the future.

@jeffreybaristol8575 3 ай бұрын

same question

@halukny 10 ай бұрын

You are a fantastic instructor, clear and straightforward! After creating the GA4 I still see the UA code on my website, should I delete this?

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! If you’ve added GA4 with your measurement ID (and not linked to UA), then I suggest leaving the UA code until data has stopped being collected into your UA reports. Then once data isn’t being collected into UA you can go ahead and remove the code. I also suggest checking the GA4 real-time report after this to ensure you’re still collecting data into GA4. Just to be safe.

@MaheshS-bj3lq 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for an informative and interesting video.....I specifically thanks to Benjamin

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear. Thanks for watching!

@AneliaMitova 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I am stuck however in the "Choose how to setup a google tag". I don't have the option to confirm "Install Manually", I only have "Test Installation" instead of "Confirm", which fails and gives me an error of "our Google tag wasn't detected on "mywebsitename". Double-check your installation and try again. ". My website is hosted by WordPress. How to proceed?

@todayisagoodday7964 Ай бұрын

hai,my google anlytics page shown like this... after finishing all setup ... This is your GA4 property. Any additional changes made to your connected Universal Analytics property will not be copied here. To import settings to your GA4 property, what can i do please , help me bro.....

@user-ze6uf9ng1o 11 ай бұрын

Can i keep UA and GA4 tags in my GTM container? My bounce rate is showing wrong results. What should i do now

@alisonheath7638 9 ай бұрын

before the GA4 came into force, I used to be able to see visitors on my site in real time but I can't seem to do that now, any ideas please?

@user-ze6uf9ng1o 11 ай бұрын

I have a doubt. Since i have set my GA4 property my UA property become mess. TBH bounce rate become completely upside down in my UA property comparing the previous months(also the page views) Does this happen due to i have added UA tags in my GTM container which i'm actually using to track GA4. Please help me what should i do? Should i remove my UA tags from my GTM container or should i completely remove my UA tracking code

@user-kx5bn4be9f 11 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for your great videos. I really appreciate the time you put into them. I integrate GA4 to my website via GTM as you suggested. When loading my homepage GTM is loading for over a second, slowing down the site. Do you have any insight on how to fix this? I do not have any other tags in GTM at the moment. Thanks

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

GTM will load asynchronously, so it will add to the size of your pages, but it won’t delay loading of content.

@colorshowpk 11 ай бұрын

Hello, I have migrated all my data from UA to GA4 but can't migrate all my audience from there. I want to know how can I migrate all my Audience data from UA to GA4? Thanks

@user-jj4vd8io6d 11 ай бұрын

Why do you select "Initialization - All Pages" instead of the standard "All Pages" trigger? Trying to find some documentation on the difference between the 2 but not finding a clear answer. Thanks. Love your videos! :)

@AdamPPC 10 ай бұрын

'Initialization' means it'll be one of the first things to load on the page, 'all pages' is slightly lower down the priority order. 'all pages' will rarely create issues, but they can crop up where an event is appearing before the GA4 tag loads, causing it not to be picked up at all. Again, you'll almost always be fine just doing 'all pages', but there's some 1 in 1000 where it might cause issues.

@mehdifani4 10 ай бұрын

tank you. I have a question. when we migrated from analytics universal to GA4, should we stop, delete or keep the tags and events we had in gtm for analytics universal? or we should sends all tags to GA4?

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

Until my Universal Analytics property stops processing data, I’m sending data to both GA4 and UA. But that’s just me. You can just collect data into GA4.

@gillesgagnon 7 ай бұрын

Hi Benjamin! Thanks so much for this wonderful tutorial. I followed the steps but the history data collected from UA isn't shown in GA4. I searched the web to no avail. From your experience, is it possible to migrate the data over from UA to GA4? If so can you point us in the right direction please? Cheers!

@LovesData 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, you can’t get historical data from UA into GA4. It’s not possible.

@ggandthemix 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for responding. Much appreciated.

@evancruz7341 9 ай бұрын

Hi there, how do I deactivate the option "Enable data collection using existing analytics.js and gtag.js tags" if I checked off the option and hit "Create and Continue?"

@evancruz7341 9 ай бұрын

Correction: "Create Property" instead of "Create and Continue."

@socialmediasocialmedia5178 11 ай бұрын

Sir please make a video on complete setup of Phone call tracking on a website, Hoe to setup conversion tracking if the mobile no. on website changes through utm parameters for the user coming through different campaign. Thank you

@dinorossi6611 11 ай бұрын

Please make a video on how to get rich and make fake bank notes :) heheheheh

@HunterEss39 11 ай бұрын

I got lost at google tag manager, where is that? You have a tab for this at the top, that isn't available in the page I'm in.... Could you please enlighten me? Thanks :)

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

Google Tag Manager is available at tagmanager.google.com and here's a full tutorial that might be helpful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/laplocdmuMCYo2w.html

@HunterEss39 11 ай бұрын

@@LovesData Thank you for your reply. This whole thing is right over the top of my head. If I don't migrate to GA4 will I still be able to access things in Analytics like 404 pages I need to redirect? I was going to get someone to do GA4 setup for me but the cost was astronomical and I don't earn enough from my website to consider paying out so much.

@reznor1718 11 ай бұрын

I clicked on enable data collection using existing analytics. How do i disable that after setup?

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

You'll need to disconnect the property. You can do this in the Universal Analytics setup assistant.

@dandelionwm 11 ай бұрын

@@LovesData I cannot find the UA set up assistant. I think it is all G4 set up now. Is "connecting" to an existing property the same as enabling data collection? After we disconnect somewhere, do we then start over with a new G4 property but this time uncheck the "enable data collection" box? Somehow? Would love a video just for fixing this issue. Thank you for all the great information!

@biswajitg4712 2 ай бұрын

How to migrate past 3 years data from UA to GA4? I mean, the data from Audience, Acquisition, Behaviour menu of UA.

@LovesData 2 ай бұрын

That would be nice, but unfortunately you can’t. You can’t import data from UA into GA4. Using GA4 means you’re starting from scratch.

@biswajitg4712 2 ай бұрын

@@LovesData Thank you for replying to my query.

@rudiernst1955 11 ай бұрын

Very disappointing: Google app and Shopify seem to have some conflict because after following these steps, we started receiving warnings on our google ads account about Google tag issues and the tag setup being incomplete or incorrect.

@LovesData 11 ай бұрын

That's strange. Without seeing your accounts, my first guess is that you were already using GA4. The current version of Google's Shopify app only lets me connect to GA4, so Google Analytics might have already been migrated. I suggest finding the GA4 measurement ID you've been using and ensuring this matches the measurement ID configured in the app. Also, uninstalling and then reinstalling the app is meant to reinstall the tags (at least according to Google support). If you're still having issues, then I recommend contacting support for the app. You can contact them here help.shopify.com/support/google-channel by selecting 'Getting Started' and then 'Email Us' (after you've logged in and selected your store).

@funnybhadrakia1 9 ай бұрын

sir in ga4 i am noticing there is an issue. that items viewed event count is less than items added to cart.

@LovesData 9 ай бұрын

That will be an issue with your implementation. You will need to check that the add_to_cart event is triggering correctly.

@funnybhadrakia1 9 ай бұрын

@@LovesData yes i checked it is triggering correctly.

@LovesData 9 ай бұрын

There must be times when it’s not, otherwise you wouldn’t have this issue. To start, I’d try to dig into the available data to see if there is anything you can identify. For example, are there particular products that are affected, does it happen on particular devices, etc.

@tkobosz 10 ай бұрын

Hi, I created GA4 manually, as shown. I have a problem - old stats data (from UA) are not present in the GA4. How to import them? (I mean data, not settings). For other website, I let Google create GA4 automaticaly for me and it such cases - the old stats data were imported. Thank you.

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

Hey there! I think you'll need to check GA4 again, when a property is automatically created it doesn't import historical data. You'll probably find that the property was automatically created in June. There is no way to import historical data from UA (aka GA3) into GA4.

@pappamurugesan9927 10 ай бұрын

@@LovesData GA4 data is tracking correctly but Universal Analytics data is not shown on the GA4 account. can you explain it in detail?

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

@@pappamurugesan9927 Can you clarify what you mean? Universal Analytics data isn't available in GA4.

@pappamurugesan9927 10 ай бұрын

@@LovesData Yes, the universal analytics data is not reflected in the GA4 account For example, we are GA4 migrate on Jun 15 and the data is tracked on jun 15 data only but the past day or universal analytics old data are not reflected to GA4 account

@LovesData 10 ай бұрын

@@pappamurugesan9927 Yep. Unfortunately, that’s how it works. GA4 is an entirely new platform and Google has not provided a way to import historical data from UA. It’s simply not possible. The only option is to export your data from UA and store it separately. Here are some techniques: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ja15mMJ5zK_Icps.html

@leckomio8812 3 ай бұрын

Migrating does generally mean that one takes existing data to a new plattform.. your title is misleading as no data will be migrated and this should be mentioned...

@LovesData 3 ай бұрын

That's correct, but Google isn't providing that as an option. I'm covering what is possible. What title would you propose?

@9999007561 9 ай бұрын

Hey I am facing an issue like in UA there was an audience option inside the reports in which I could click different websites and get their reports how can I do this in ga4 UA-->audience->overview-->segment name

@LovesData 9 ай бұрын

If you're referring to segments, then you can use 'Comparisons' in standard GA4 reports (the small graph icon with a pencil in the top right corner). It's also helpful to create audience lists in GA4 so it's quicker to view sections of traffic.