Is it possible to pass `host_name` via Measurement Protocol for GA4?
I'm using the Measurement Protocol to push e-commerce events to GA4 and it works well. The screenshot shows an example of the data I'm passing from the backend.
Additionally, I'd like to pass host_name parameter, however, looking through the official documentation I didn't find any information on support for it. Is there a way to pass this as well?
In the case of the Measurement Protocol for Universal Analytics, hostname can be passed by declaring it as dh (eg: 'dh' => 'www.domain.com'), but this does not work with GA4.
Appreciate any help, thanks.
Please have a look at this document API Dimensions & Metrics,
Depending on your requirements you may use fullPageUrl which is a dimension that returns the host-name, page path, and query string for web pages visited.
Or you can use page_location Automatically collected events. Just remember that if you want to use page_location you should create customised dimension named exactly page_location.
In order to create custom dimension (Creating Custom Dimension and Metric), log into your analytics.google account and then
- Access the “Configure” menu in GA4 and click into “Custom definitions”.
- Click to create a new dimensions.
- Choose the scope of the custom dimension (user or event), which in this case is
Event. - Name your custom dimension, which in this case in page_location.
- Define the Event parameter of your custom dimension, which in this case in page_location.
- Save your custom dimension. It takes 48 hours for Google to effect the modifications.
This tutorial also explains about how to See Full Page URLs in Google Analytics 4.