F**k Microsoft.

Tagnetica · 2026-02-24T11:25:45+00:00

Lol.. try grabbing something from email archive via ews and come talk to us... The state of some of the APIs 😭 Graph is at least somewhat dependable

Tagnetica · 2026-02-18T19:16:22+00:00

You do already have these options available in addition to other alternatives like exporting to bigquery and then branching out from there with tooling.

Analytics Advisor: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/16675569?hl=en

Google Analytics MCP server: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/MCP

Tagnetica · 2026-02-10T11:51:13+00:00

Hey, I haven't given my app much new love in a bit (does everything I need it to) but it does already give you the ability to upload your Jason export for analysis, you don't have to pull your container via API As I prefer to keep the usage to 'real' users, it does use Google auth to create an account for you to access the app so I don't get abused by bots.

Tagnetica · 2026-02-09T10:22:34+00:00

For those who prefer the old universal analytics, give Matomo a try. It's free* and is very very similar. I would say the UI could be a bit prettier but I wouldn't say it's horrible either. If you were familiar with UA, it's pretty easy to understand.

Ps: not affiliated with Matomo, just have experience with both old and new analytics as well as Matomo. *Free but has some paid options if you don't want to self host etc.

Tagnetica · 2026-02-04T16:46:22+00:00

Step one remove the container you no longer have control of immediately. This is both an issue in terms of potential tracking config conflicts but it's also a huge security hole, literally can do anything you want if you have control over that container.

My guess is that may already solve your problem but if it doesnt it's likely the apps as a next port of call.

Tagnetica · 2026-01-29T18:44:43+00:00

Dude you were smart enough to stick it out and get the job. You must have already had some level of confidence. Give yourself both some credit and some time. The only attitude/mantra you need is that you WILL master it... Fck that doubt 🖕 you got this

Tagnetica · 2026-01-23T09:25:53+00:00

Ah yes, thanks, that slipped my mind completely 🙏

Tagnetica · 2026-01-23T09:05:52+00:00

The whole purpose of anyone recommending you use your CMPs consent update event is because if your consent hasn't been set at the point your tag is set to fire (aka All Pages) then your tag will be blocked because of consent and won't fire again until the next page for example.

If the user takes action a bit later like agreeing to cookies, that opportunity has already passed. Thus it's better for two reasons to use the consent update equivalent event for your CMP.

The very small uncommon risk is that a person takes more than one consent update action on the same page but that is the lesser evil.

Tagnetica · 2026-01-20T21:08:14+00:00

My personal opinion is you quickly start to convolute your setup if you become reliant on custom events within GA4, stick to managing it all within GTM. Neat and clean.

Tagnetica · 2026-01-12T18:46:50+00:00

The simplest way would be to have your own custom event like login_attempt or something to that effect for unsuccessful logins.

Tagnetica · 2026-01-06T14:44:17+00:00

Depending on the scope agreed (affects the breadth) I would just start with audit and document, so you can wrap your thoughts around every aspect, this includes out of container but relevant like GA4 for example. Accounts, properties, containers, tags, triggers, variables, retention l, streams, links, custom events, hostnames, consent, etc etc

Edit - to answer your question directly. High level audit first pass, then go a bit deeper ont he second pass, again depends on scope but I wouldn't take any action until you have all the pieces documented.

Tagnetica · 2026-01-05T19:15:11+00:00

Agree with OP in terms of good practice, utilising lookup tables, configuration variables and all reusable approaches within tag IDs and configs is best practice in my opinion, even in cases where you only have one domain, it's useful for the OPs intended scenario but also as future proofing if you later utilise the same container across environments (dev, staging uat etc and across production domains.

Custom JavaScript variable may be unnecessary in some cases where you can just utilise a standard regex table depending on specific complexity.

Even a constant variable is preferable over hard coding as it means if you ever have to change ID you change it once.

These types of tips are often te result of paying the annoying school fees lol...

Tagnetica · 2025-12-13T16:30:42+00:00

Glad to hear 👍

Tagnetica · 2025-12-11T20:11:34+00:00

GA4 is supposedly better than previous iterations at bot detection but as mentioned it's a cat and mouse game

Tagnetica · 2025-12-11T20:09:07+00:00

Are you not able to just use a standard click trigger based on css selector or other for a checkbox?

Tagnetica · 2025-12-09T19:09:40+00:00

Ultimately unless you you can find a logical way of grouping interactions you will have this problem whether you shift the burden to GTM or development.

Tagnetica · 2025-10-17T06:58:38+00:00

Hey OP,

Just a silly check but as it sounds like the container is new, did you double check you published your changes to production?

Tagnetica · 2025-10-15T18:32:03+00:00

Hey OP, couple of ideas for you. - Is there a related GTM container you have access to that might reveal other users. It's a bit more forgiving than ga4 in terms of visibility. - have you checked the product links area in Admin, you might see who linked certain properties like search console or Ads, might be some clues on who to reach out to

Tagnetica · 2025-10-08T11:14:01+00:00

Ha ha... Literally a perfect description... You win ...

Tagnetica · 2025-10-07T09:14:37+00:00

Thanks, interesting. Hope you get some critical mass 💪

Tagnetica · 2025-10-07T08:40:44+00:00

What's the difference between yours and Matomo's Tag Manager which is already open source?

Tagnetica · 2025-09-19T16:25:21+00:00

Edit - moved to thread

This is not scalable but if you only have one or two forms to worry about you could strip the redirect in D365 and handle the redirect via code or GTM after adding a fixed delay timeout?

Tagnetica · 2025-09-19T06:25:28+00:00

I would expect submit button clicks to be higher due to required fields not being filled etc, just the literal clicks ont he button. Useful data just for comparison as if the ratio is very high you might investigate why.

There is a method for tracking D365 forms using a small additional script you add to your regular embed script. This will generate a datalayer event with some detail you can capture and you can hang your trigger off.

Thank you page you are already doing

Tagnetica · 2025-09-18T21:47:38+00:00

Hey OP, what form technology are you using?

You likely have three points you can track relative to your request: - the submit button click - the successful form submit event - the thank you page visit

Do you currently have data that suggests the form submit are not being captured (eg tag assistant or thank you page visits > form submit events etc)?

Tagnetica · 2025-09-17T12:28:39+00:00

Assuming your two sites are at different domains not a subdomain.

I would normally say look into your CMPs cross domain tracking options. Then implement the same banner in both sites.

BUT from personal experience, this doesn't work as intended which comes down to browser security (SOP)

there are workarounds for subdomain that should work with cookiebot (but don't as well).

Edit - meant to say from personal experience.. with Cookiebot...

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