# Add Google Analytics to Confluence

To add Google Analytics to Confluence, open Confluence **Settings**, then **Google Analytics**. Select **Connect Google Analytics**, choose your **GA4 property** and a **Data stream**, then select **Save configuration**. Page views from every reader, including logged-out readers of public pages, start arriving in Google Analytics straight away.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                                   | **Why**                                                                                                                           |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Confluence administrator access                | The **Google Analytics configuration** page is in Confluence settings.                                                            |
| A Google account with access to a GA4 property | Connecting lets the app list your properties and data streams and read reports back into Confluence.                              |
| A GA4 web data stream                          | The stream's measurement ID (G-XXXXXXXXXX) is what page views are sent to. Create one in Google Analytics first if you have none. |

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## Steps

1. Open Confluence **Settings** and select **Google Analytics** in the left-hand menu.
2. Under **Connect Google**, select **Connect Google Analytics** and sign in to Google in the popup.
3. Choose your property under **GA4 property**.
4. Under **View tracking**, pick a **Data stream**. This fills in the **Measurement ID** for you.
5. Select **Save configuration**. You should see **Configuration saved.**

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You can skip connecting Google and type the ID with **Enter a measurement ID manually instead**. Page views are still recorded, but reports inside Confluence, enhanced tracking and custom dimensions all need the Google connection.

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## What happens next

Readers pick up the new settings within about a minute. Google Analytics **Realtime** shows page views almost at once, but standard reports, and the reports inside Confluence, can take up to 48 hours to fill. The **Feature status** panel on the settings page shows what is switched on.

Then consider [tracking searches, comments and edits](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/track-confluence-searches-comments-and-edits-in-google-analytics.html) and [syncing custom dimensions](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/sync-google-analytics-custom-dimensions-for-confluence.html).

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## If it does not work

* The save message says no measurement ID is set: pick a data stream or enter the ID, then save again.
* Nothing arrives in Realtime: see [Check Google Analytics is tracking Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/check-google-analytics-is-tracking-confluence.html).

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## Related

### [Google Analytics settings](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/google-analytics-settings.html)

Every setting on the configuration page.

### [Site-wide page view tracking](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/site-wide-page-view-tracking.html)

How page views are recorded.

### [Track Confluence searches, comments and edits in Google Analytics](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/track-confluence-searches-comments-and-edits-in-google-analytics.html)

Searches, comments, edits and reactions.

### [Check Google Analytics is tracking Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/google-analytics/check-google-analytics-is-tracking-confluence.html)

Make sure events are arriving.

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_Five steps, and Confluence is in Google Analytics._