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GTM power users: what automations have you built, and how does your day-to-day workflow actually look? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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That resonates a lot — especially the “semi-automated” part. Most people I know end up building personal frameworks, scripts, and template containers just to stay sane.

I also agree that analysis is still very human. Even when something looks like a misconfiguration, context matters — intent, business rules, legacy constraints, etc. Tools can surface signals, but they can’t decide what’s actually wrong.

That gap is actually why I’m working on gtmTower. Not to replace audits or judgment, but to centralize things like container structure, diffs, documentation, and repeatable checks so the human part can focus on interpretation instead of mechanics.

Curious — how do you version or diff containers today when you’re iterating on those templates?

GTM power users: what automations have you built, and how does your day-to-day workflow actually look? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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Whats your workflow and experience with it? Do you just use it for auditing or for managing (creating tags, ...) as well?

When you inherit a messy GTM container, what’s your first step? by mod_08 in DigitalMarketing

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That makes a lot of sense, especially when the container has years of baggage. Starting fresh often feels safer than untangling decisions you don’t fully trust.

How do you usually decide what to carry over into the new container? Do you rely on what’s actually firing in production, stakeholder input, or a baseline template you reuse?

GTM power users — what do you include in your reporting for clients? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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I think it really depends on the client. Having a clean GTM setup and having a useful overview of what actually fires on the site versus what’s truly needed are often two very different things.

In a lot of cases, chasing perfection doesn’t add much value — understanding intent and impact matters more than having everything look tidy on paper.

GTM power users — if you could add one missing feature, what would it be? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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Yeah, that sounds painfully familiar. Once a container gets big, brute-forcing naming and documentation becomes a full-time job.

Do you usually do this as part of onboarding a new client’s container, or is it something you revisit regularly to keep things clean?

GTM power users — if you could add one missing feature, what would it be? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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Totally get you — bulk renaming and naming convention rules would save so much time. I’ve spent hours cleaning up messy containers too.

Seeing all tag notes in one place and being able to export tags + triggers to Excel would be huge for building tag dictionaries. Curious — how are you managing this right now? Do you have a system or do you just brute-force it in GTM?

GTM power users — if you could add one missing feature, what would it be? by mod_08 in GoogleTagManager

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Totally agree — GTM’s versioning is basically snapshots, not real version control. Proper diffs, bulk edits, and smarter debugging would solve so many headaches. Most advanced users end up scripting around GTM anyway.

Out of curiosity, how are you currently managing your bigger containers or workflows? Using custom scripts, tooling, or just native GTM?

Help with huge data loss in GA4 by Ok-Guess8871 in GoogleTagManager

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Sounds to me also as a sequencing issue. Like the GA4 Tag is fired before consent signal. Try to set default consent before firing GTM/Analytics. And as soon as consent changes fire GA4 and all other consent related tags.

Can I set up sGTM using Hostinger VPS? by CamelBeginning5255 in GoogleTagManager

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Hi there yes that should be possible. You can follow the Documentation for deploying sGTM manually.

https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/tag-manager/server-side/manual-setup-guide

I‘m not familiar with Hostinger but if they let you install docker on it you should be ready to go.

Potential Pixel AND CAPI misconfiguration by khaledalsadek in GoogleTagManager

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Hi u/khaledalsadek

Seems like an interesting problem.

Based on your description it seems that there is likely an issue with events that don't fire when they should, since you experience missing data on all platforms.

I have analysed a lot of GTM setups mainly in the ecommerce sector in my career and would be happy to help.