Trigger event using dataLayer does not work

Question

I have problems with trigger my event. In my code:

<script>
    dataLayer.push({
        'event' : 'GAEvent',
        'eventCategory' : 'overlayer',
        'eventAction' : 'popup [overlayer]',
        'eventLabel' : undefined,
        'eventValue' : undefined
    });
</script>

In the preview mode my custom event isn`t trigger because of _event rule

which I didnt create in GTM. My trigger from GTM:

Any ideas what I did wrong?

Answer 1

You are passing in "GAEvent" as a dataLayer event, but had the incorrect field in your GTM trigger looking for it. (Screenshot shows "GaEvent").

You also don't need the filter field, which is where you originally put in the uppercase verion.

Change that to the same as the event you are passing in, "GAEvent".

There is always confusion on which events we are talking of, GA, GTM or JavaScript :)