Getting started

#Welcome

With Google Analytics for Confluence, you will be able to track and view your Atlassian Confluence Cloud data without moving away from Confluence! Follow this quick guide to get started.

#Prerequisite: 

For a flawless configuration, you must have the next prerequisites:

• Admin access to your Confluence instance.

• Admin access to a Google Analytics account.

• Google Analytics Measurement ID. It has the format G-1234565789. Follow the instructions here to learn how to set up a property, create a website data stream, and get your measurement ID.

#Step 1: Connecting Your Google Account

• Find the Google Analytics Configuration panel in Confluence Settings -> Atlassian Marketplace 

• Click on Sign in with Google

• Click Ok, login to Google with your Google Analytics credentials, and grant the scopes.

#Step 2: Account Settings

• Set the groups that will be allowed to watch the analytics.

• Set the account, property, and view/stream entries according to the setup created on Google Analytics

• For GA4 you have to create a Measurement API Secret. If you have one, you can select it. Otherwise, click the Create button.

• Select the property and the stream

• Save your unsaved changes

#Step 3: Custom Dimensions

• Click the Set Dimensions button to configure your custom dimensions automatically

• The custom dimensions will be created in a matter of seconds. If the table doesn't refresh automatically, you can click on Refresh.

#Step 4: View your data

There are 3 levels of data you can visualize: General (whole instance), Space, Page:

• For instance analytics, open the Overview page in the Apps tab on the main menu

• For space analytics, go to the space you want to analyze and click on Google Analytics on the left panel.

• For page analytics, click on the icon next to the space name on the desired page.

Please read on in the (6.0) User Guide about all the features and how to make the most of the app.