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Measurement Protocol Google Analytics Post request not registering page views

I'm trying to register source and medium impressions using the Google Analytics Measurement Protocol.

I'm not seeing pageviews or source/mediums being recorded in the GA dashboard.

I'm running this snippet in my head tag.

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var randomid = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000);
  var path = window.location.pathname;
  var pathuri = encodeURIComponent(window.location.pathname)
  var url = 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=UA-XXXXXXXX-X&cid='+randomid+'&t=pageview&cs=tvstest3&cm=ctvtest3&dp='+pathuri;
  $.post(url, function(data, status){
    console.log("Data: " + data + "\nStatus: " + status);
  });
</script>

Which results in a network call of

https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=UA-XXXXXX-X&cid=537396&t=pageview&cs=tvstest3&cm=ctvtest3&dp=%2Ftest3.html

https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/hit-builder/ returns "Hit is valid!"

and if I send the request to https://www.google-analytics.com/debug/collect

Data: {
  "hitParsingResult": [ {
    "valid": true,
    "parserMessage": [ ],
    "hit": "/debug/collect?v=1\u0026tid=UA-XXXXXXX-X\u0026cid=521292\u0026t=pageview\u0026cs=tvstest3\u0026cm=ctvtest3\u0026dp=%2Ftest3.html"
  } ],
  "parserMessage": [ {
    "messageType": "INFO",
    "description": "Found 1 hit in the request."
  } ]
}

Status: success

Can anyone shed some light on why I'm not seeing pageviews and source/medium being recorded.

Thanks!

-cwmacken

Solution

  • If bot filtering in your view is enabled the hit may not be recorded. This is because using the Measurement protocol data protocol looks a lot like a bot injecting data into your property.

    Try to disable this checkbox in your View settings:

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