This document will show you how to set up your Google Analytics (GA) Dashboard for your CampDoc or SchoolDoc account. For more information on Google Analytics, including a glossary of terms, please visit the Google Analytics Help Center.
If not already on the GA4 model, follow the steps in this UA → GA4 Conversions in Google Analytics 4 guide to walk you through the GA4 conversion setup requirements. Google Analytics will be asking its users to convert to GA4 on or before July 2023.
You are not required to convert to GA4 as we do support UA tracking ID’s.
In this article:
- Accessing your GA Tracking ID
- Setting Up your GA Tracking ID
- Creating Events in GA
- Editing Events in GA
- Using Tag Manager
- Defining Events
Accessing your GA Tracking ID
For additional assistance on accessing your GA Tracking ID, visit the GA Tracking ID Support page.
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Sign in to your organization's GA account.
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At the bottom of the left sidebar, click Admin.
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At the top of the Property column, select your property.
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In the Property column, click Data Streams.
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Click the data stream for which you need the ID.
- Your "G-" ID appears in the top right, under Measurement ID.
Setting Up your GA Tracking ID
If you are the CampDoc or SchoolDoc top-level permissions holder at your organization, you can enable Google Analytics for your organization from your Provider Portal. You will first want to make sure that your Analytics permissions are set to Edit.
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Log in to your CampDoc or SchoolDoc account.
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In the menu, click Settings.
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In the submenu that appears, click General.
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In the Profiles tab, click Permissions.
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In the Select Role box, select the Role that will be responsible for Google Analytics.
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Scroll down to Settings.
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Under the Analytics permissions, select Edit.
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Click Save Role.
- In the Settings submenu, click Analytics.
- Input your Google Analytics Identifier and click Save.
Creating Events in GA
It could take up to 24hrs for your new goals to appear in your dashboard.
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Sign in to your organization's GA account.
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At the bottom of the left sidebar, click Admin.
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In the Property column, click Events.
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Click Create Event.
- Click Create.
- Configure your event by following the steps below:
- Enter the event name.
- Click on the parameter to define your condition that you want mapped to your event name.
- Click on Operator, where you will see a dropdown menu with conditional operators.
- Enter your event Value.
- Click Create.
Important: Create an event for each event type you would like to track.
- Enter the event name.
Editing Events in GA
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Sign in to your organization's GA account.
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At the bottom of the left sidebar, Click Admin.
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Click Events.
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Click Modify Event.
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Click an existing event's name to edit its configuration.
Using Tag Manager
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From your Google Analytics Homepage, click on All accounts in the top left of your screen.
- Click on Tag Manager.
Note: Website URL must be entered in View Settings as shown in the screenshot below in order for tags to be active. - In the Accounts tab, click Create Account.
- Fill in the Account Name, Country, Container Name, and Target Platform, then click Create.
- In the Google Tag Manager Terms of Service Agreement, click Yes and check the box at the bottom of the page to accept the Data Processing Terms.
- Once your container loads, you can install it by clicking on the container ID and launching the Install Tag Manager box. For more assistance on this process, please see the Tag Manager support article.
Defining Events
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From your Google Analytics Homepage, click on All accounts in the top left of your screen.
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Click on Tag Manager.
- In the Google Tags tab, click New.
- Select a GA tag.
- In the Track Type dropdown, choose Event.
- Fill in the Category, Action, Label, and Value fields, as needed.
Note: Label and Value are optional fields. - Name your event.
- Select the appropriate trigger.
- Once finished, click Publish
Note: Once people begin interacting with the event, you will start seeing these interactions in the Real Time Events Report and in the Event Reports in Google Analytics.